They may not play by Ofsted’s rules,but we should cherish maverick (an independent, nonconformist person) teachers – they can change students’ livesMore from the Secret Teacher As I spy around the staffroom I am struck by the fact that, among the piles of exercise books and unwashed coffee cups, and there is an endangered species,dwindling to the point of extinction. I’m not talking about the semi-corporate teachers who spy like they’d be more at domestic in a boardroom than a classroom – they are flourishing. The threatened group I speak of is that most British breed: the eccentric.
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Source: theguardian.com