Death of a Nightingale with ispy edited by Jan Woolf

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A Play in a Booka real life drama, and a drama from real life. Tracy, a pupil with cystic fibrosis, tells the story of her school as it faces the bulldozer. Why does Margaret Williamson, its head teacher, attempt to take her own life? Can her love with John Errington, the English teacher, survive? Act 2 Scene 5 a music lesson. How important is music in education, especially for children with special needs? And it has something to say in the age-old debate between people of faith and the people like Richard Dawkins. a case study in political folly,systemic dysfunction and ineptitude and food for serious thought; as the Prologue closes: an abattoir for a herd of sacred cows and a challenge they should not ignore. a cautionary tale with some lessons they may want to learn.a journey of exploration and discovery. If you with the appetite for it, the Website is just Tapas compared with the Seven Course Table d'hôte meal that is this 262 page book, with a tasty little bouche!It tells a human story with a challenging interplay of fact, fiction, satire and commentary. It brings to life dry-as-dust issues important in education and, maybe, even more important beyond it. Which is the wiser mantra in education – Equality or Equity? How far does declaring a “Right” provide the protection of “a Right”? Is this generation properly mindful of the legacy it is bequeathing? Len Parkin The TeacherKerra Maddern, Times Educational SupplementMiriam MargolyesSusan Elkin,The Stage (2009)PCS Union Editor, Jonathan Lovett, The Stage (2011) Brian Attwood, Editor, The Stage, describes his own reviewer on seeing some of his Tweets as "Yep, he's worse than Pol Pot."