Martin Stephen, who is chairman of the Headmasters� and Headmistresses� Conference (HMC), proposed a standing commission of employers, universities, teachers and parents to decide changes to secondary schools. It would be comparable to the Bank of England�s Monetary Policy Committee, which sets interest rates. Government would be relegated to paying for its recommendations.

He said that the education system had suffered so much upheaval under recent governments that it now resembled �a wound operated on so often that all that is left is scar tissue�.   more »

I've printed out October 2004 and stuck it on my fridge door, and will post a photo of it. It has the days of the week, the Roman date, and Roman festivals. I chose the female entertainer as my picture, though I could have had photos, if I'd used my colour printer, or amusing quotations. Judge the taste of your students, and print accordingly.

Every Classics classroom should have one!   more »

The Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting Hecuba in London with Vanessa Redgrave.   more »