Rebel Education – A Documentary
An Al Jazeera documentary about the work we did at the London Nautical School Department of English
“Except when they don’t, because sometimes they won’t”
Sometimes things just don’t go the way you’d hoped in a new school. Here is some advice for students and their parents about how to...
First Impressions Count
Here I write some of my thoughts as I head into the new teaching year. I recently received a message from a newly qualified teacher...
Transcending Grade Boundaries
In the eye of the GCSE English “grade manipulation storm”, I’m seeing a silver lining Almost as soon as this year’s GCSE English grades were...
Why I’m an Openly Gay Teacher
The Importance of Being … Out Why Sexuality Matters in English Chris Waugh reflects on his experiences as a gay English teacher, arguing that...
Enabling access to the .htaccess file in Mac OS X 10.5.x Server
Excuse this moment of geekery, but I simply couldn’t find this information anywhere online, and it would have saved me a lot of grief should...