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Contents

4 Save the EMA!

Brook House Sixth Form College has been at the heart of the movement to defend the EMA. Jamie Duff explains why.

6 Fostering the right attitude

Janet Graham suggests ways of breaking through an anti-school sub-culture adopted by some black girls to help them fulfil their potential.

8 Ebac to the future?

The English baccalaureate does not deliver the ‘real breadth’ in education promised by the Government, argues Veronica Peppiatt.

10 Stuck generation

Youth unemployment owes much to the changing nature of our economy, writes Martin Allen.

12 Time to start shouting

Kiri Tunks spells out how women are overwhelmingly the victims of the Government’s austerity measures.

14 Getting exams right

Kevin Hewison urges teachers to join the standing joint committee which monitors and helps improve the standard of exams.

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