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How many graduates does it to take pay for one student’s tuition?

How many graduates does it to take pay for one student’s tuition?

Here’s a simple math problem for you to solve: A fisherman catches, on average, 35,000 fish every year. Of that, almost half are taken by his evil twin brother, leaving him to survive on the rest.
Suddenly, an angel appears, and tells him that, if he follows her to a new site, then he could catch 100,000 more fish [...]

Four Medway secondary schools interested in becoming academies

Four Medway secondary schools interested in becoming academies

Eight Medway schools have registered their interest with the Department for Education in becoming academies.
Four of the schools which have responded to the Education Secretary Michael Gove’s invitation, which was sent to well over 1,000 schools in the country immediately after the coalition was formed, are secondary schools.
The Department for Education were responding to a [...]

Strood Academy Principal defends pupils

Strood Academy Principal defends pupils

Richard Hart, the Principal of the Strood Academy has told parents of his pupils that the vast majority of pupils are well-behaved and working hard.
In a letter to parents passed to AlanWCollins, Mr Hart said that “media comments and intrusion bear no reality to day to day life in our school”.
Addressing concerns raised by pupils, [...]

RMGS ‘cyber-bullying’: redressing the balance for the under-16s

RMGS ‘cyber-bullying’: redressing the balance for the under-16s

A harmless joke, or something more sinister? There are two ways of looking at the ‘cyber-bullying’ at Rainham Mark – and whichever choice you prefer, one side is bound to come off worse.
However, the Yourmedway article is, without a shadow of a doubt, wholly unbalanced and solely aimed at attacking youngsters who seemed to be [...]

Rainham Mark teachers ‘targeted by cyber-bullies’

Rainham Mark teachers ‘targeted by cyber-bullies’

Teachers at Rainham Mark Grammar School have apparently come under attack by ‘cyber-bullies’.
Pupils at the selective school – one of the highest-performing secondary schools in Medway – have set up a Facebook quiz for fun, Yourmedway revealed today.
After answering a series of questions, the quiz would then tell you which Rainham Mark teacher you were [...]

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