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When parents are a child’s best teachers

Home education is booming. And it already saves the state millions of pounds. So why doesn't the gov

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Sarah doesn’t go to school any more

Proposals to take a tough line on truants make good talking points for politicians; but they simply

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The secret lessons

Almost unnoticed, a revolution has taken place in state education. Thousands of parents, outside sch

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Where the elite preens itself

The World Economic Forum or Davos (actually it's held in New York this year) brings together the wor

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