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The article focuses on the investigation made by the writer John Bailey on the controversy over the closure of the famous Risinghill School in London, England. The expensive school was shut down in media publicity within five years of its opening. Several researchers are also investigating on the issue who are former students of the school. INSETS: 'Risinghill closed quietly. No one broke up the school';Where are they now?.

Focuses on Brenda Bigland's success in turning Lent Rise, a Berkshire, England primary school, into one of the most acclaimed schools in Great Britain. Number of children on the school roll; Management style of principal Bigland; School's house rules. INSET: Lent Rise's house rules..

This article reports that the students of Padstow Primary School in Cornwall, England, are helping to construct the school building in an environmentally friendly way. The school's music room was built using cob, the traditional mixture of clay, sand and straw. Cob is considered the most natural and recyclable of all building materials. Phil Banks, the school's headteacher, was determined that the school building should make maximum use of environmentally friendly materials and techniques. Businesspersons Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce, who supervised the construction project, discovered cob in Oregon.

Focuses on the Summerhill School in Suffolk, England. 'Do as you please' policy of the school; Freedom given to the school children to discover who they are while living in a self-governing community; History of Summerhill School. INSET: 'Taking responsibility was tough emotional graft'..

Reports the employment of three sisters at a community school in Essex, England. Scarcity for a school to have three siblings on its teaching staff; List of criteria considered by school principal Terry Creissen in recruiting the three teacher; Background of the three sisters. INSET: CREISSEN'S CRITERIA..

Focuses on the activities of Langley school to maintain teacher-student relationship in Birmingham, England. Math department holiday; Musical performance of teachers; Celebration of toast and doughnut days.

Reports that `The King's Train,' a musical to mark the 50th anniversary of the Whitehouse junior school in Ipswich, England, has been written by composer-alumnus Francis Goodhand. Career decision; Artistic achievements; Plot of and choreography for the musical. INSET: Royal performance..

Focuses on the how the Pentonville Prison in England devised a program to help their prisoners suffering from dyslexia. Information on dyslexia disease; Details on the Pentonville Prison Dyslexia Project; Prisoners who benefited from the program.

The article discusses how British children who learned French at primary schools in Merseyside, England have inspired Tibetan pupils to learn English. These talented British children offered the best solution by a variety of teaching aid to support their Tibetan contemporaries. Moreover, this project was a part of an action-research designed to encourage independent learning and to promote teaching techniques so as to enhance the achievements of gifted and talented children.

The article presents information on a project, Pushing the Possibilities in Gateshead, England. The project aims to impart learning opportunities for the older people. Supported by the Kellet Fund charity through the Community Foundation, Pushing the Possibilities gives them an opportunity to learn skills, develop self-confidence, meet new people, and lead a healthier life style. One can see them canoeing, cycling and sailing, or just walking through the great outdoors. Research has shown that many managers believe that older people lack career aspirations, or are unwilling or unable to learn new skills. In addition, it revealed that older workers who receive on the job training reach the same skill standards as younger workers.

The article presents information on teaching skill and techniques that make mathematics more popular and high scoring subject at Langley school in Solihull, England. Val DuffyCross head of the school said that students at school were enjoying mathematics classes. According to him, one should be calm and fully focused to do well in mathematics. The article also offers some steps that one should follow to be a perfect mathematician. Steve Tustain, head of mathematics teaching, believes in traditional teaching methods. INSET: Is maths in crisis? What Langley teachers say.

The article features an innovative building project in London where the entire ground floor serves as classrooms and above will serve as the dwelling place for students. The building is said to be the first school in Great Britain with a housing in the upper floor. The school and the flat have separate doors so occupants will not be disturbed and their privacy will not be invaded. The building was designed by an architect in Great Britain, Pollard Thomas Edwards.

The article features Treloar School, a special school founded by Edwardian philantrophist Sir William Purdie Treloar in Froyle, near the Hampshire market town of Alton, England. The school has a 24-hour nursing and medical care and where all kinds of support from physiotherapy to speech and language therapy. INSET: 'I've never seen anything like it'.

Reports on the utilization of Jessica Curry's musical compositions for helping autistic children to interact and communicate at the Hampshire Autistic Society's Hope Lodge school in Southampton, England. Consideration of the "Connections" music CD as a tool for teachers and caregivers; Desire of Curry to compose music for children with autism; Suitability of the music for autistic children.

Reports on the experiment of whether music can aid learning and improve behavior in England. Composition of activity songs for school children by Vo Fletcher, a professional guitarist; Relation of heart and pulse rates with classical music; Calming effect of the music on the student behavior; Usefulness during periods of individual concentration and personalized learning.

Examines how the Woodheys primary in Manchester, England, encourages ecological living. Murals found in the playground; Creation of a small garden; Incorporation of horticulture in the school routine.

Features a newly-built school which has a radical design based on pupils' work with an artist in Essex, England. Visual arts project run by the Essex County Council which aims to raise the cultural and aesthetic profile of the county's coastline; Statements of Rob Olins, the artist for the building, regarding the distinct design; Unique teaching philosophy adopted by the school administration in the school which put emphasis on art projects.

Looks into school-based teacher research in England. Creation of a research project through a collaboration between headteacher Lella Yates and Colin Connor of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England; Discovery of the assumptions of students that were viewed as wrong to the researchers; Suggestion of giving more encouragement to younger boys in terms of their education.

Describes how a select group of prisoners in the Belmarsh, London, England jail are finding out how to identify and help their fellow inmates overcome barriers to education. Establishment of the Lifelong Learning Partnership; Four units comprising the course; Advantages of the prison education program.

Delves into the Essex Mobile Library Travellers Project, a reading project organized by the Essex County Council and the Essex Traveller Education Service in Essex, England. Recognition received by the project as the winner of the Library and Information Show's prestigious Libraries Change Lives award; Titles of books borrowed by the children; Views of parents regarding these books and the project in general. INSET: Libraries Change Lives..

Interviews Stephen Bishop, geography teacher in London, England. Career history; Educational background; Involvement of Stephen Bishop in the military forces.

Discusses the success of the Owler Brook nursery and infant school in Fir Vale, Sheffield, England. Student turnover; Training of non-teaching staff to degree-level; Parental involvement in the classroom. INSET: Window of hope for the traumatized..

Features the Virgin Trains education center at the Euston railway station in London, England. Total number of employees; Information technology-related services offered.

Focuses on the accommodation of the children of migrant laborers by the Mount C of E primary school in Nottinghamshire, England. Inapplicability of paperwork in the school's system; Description of the students; Challenge facing the school.

Recalls the historic strike participated in by schoolchildren in Norfolk, England, in April 1914. Burston School's employment of Christian Socialist couple, Tom and Annie Higdon, as headmistress and assistant teacher, respectively; Higdons' inability to endure farmers and clergymen's trampling of agricultural laborers; Children's protest against the firing of their teachers.

Offers a look at the activities of the Winchcombe School, a driving school in England, headed by Iain Blaikie. Risks of teenage driving; Car-awareness course devised for the youth charity Young Gloucestershire.

Discusses the author's visit to the Stowe Teaching Unit in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Attitude of the children in the teaching unit; Games which the children play; Information on the holistic approach to education.

Reports on the mobile library, known as the Book Shift, touring the Ford body plant at Dagenham in Essex, England. Aim of the project called Reaching Parents; Details of a typical library trolley round; Remarks from Mick Hadgraft, chairman of the committee of the employee development assistance programme (EDAP).

Focuses on the lobbying efforts of Martin Nerey, the director-general of a prison service in England, to increase the employment prospects for offenders. Explanations from Nerey; Approaches used by Nerey in teaching basic skills; Budget allocated by the government for prison education.

Provides information on the mail-reading service created for the elderly in England. Activity programs offered; Application of volunteerism on assembly formation; Requirements for training.

Presents a historical overview on the Calder Hall and Windscale power station accident in Sellafield, England in the early 50's. Attestation on the making of fissile materials in the plant; Significance of the plant; Casualties.

Discusses the staging of the 1908 Olympic Games in London, England after the Italian prime minister opposed the holding of the games in Rome and the eruption of Vesuvius in 1906 caused widespread devastation in Italy. Cause of the psychological war between the British and the Americans; American protest actions marring proceedings to an extent that the games were dubbed the Battle of Shepherd's Bush.

Features the medieval churches of East Anglia in England. Number of round-towered medieval churches that are present in the area; Discussion of the theories behind the use of the cylindrical structure for the towers of these churches; Identification of the reason why round towers were used in the churches.

Discusses the description given by Guthlac, the 7th century hermit saint to the region stretching from Lincoln in the north to Cambridge in the south as a hideous fen of a huge bigness. Condition of the plains after the Ice Age; Development of the plains.

The article throws light on the Avebury, the Wiltshire village, that has nestled in the bosom of a vast stone circle. Stonehenge may be grander, and grids of sarsens in Brittany more baffling. The Avebury that tourists see is in large part the creation of a wealthy amateur archaeologist who owned the monument in the 1920s and 1930s and restored it as he saw fit. Old photographs have recently come to light that show Avebury have been a thriving community before Keiller arrived. Furthermore, villagers were evicted and foundations grubbed up, and with them went all layers of genuine history.

Provides a historical overview of Colchester, England. Background of the town; Key figure; Historic buildings and places; Towns in Britain surrounded by deep ditches and walls.

Explores the college teaching career of 90-year old Donald Turner in Essex, England. Career of Turner as an industrial chemistry; Turner's reason for teaching after retirement; Physical activity of Turner.

Focuses on the breakthrough in the mass production of daily staple of the British Baking Industries Research Association at Chorleywood in Hertfordshire, England. Impact of the breakthrough on the quality of life of the people; Use of yeasts to lighten the dough; Increase of water content in the loaves.

Focuses on the education curriculum of Wharrier Street primary school in New Castle upon Tyne, England. Description on the curriculum developed by psychologist Howard Gardner; Level of physical education included in the curriculum; Basis on the design of the curriculum.

Discusses the physical structure of the Owler Brook nursery and infant school in Fir Vale, Sheffield, England.

Focuses on the West Walton Pupil Parent Partnership, an after-school program in Norfolk, England. Offer of several activity classes; Participation of both students and parents; Success of the project.

Focuses on the partnership formed among schools offering adult education and youth and community services in Norfolk, England. Promotion of community learning; Development of neighborhood learning centers; Citation of the success of West Walton primary school.

Reports on the campaign of 16-year old Emma Steven-Jones to raise awareness about diabetes in Suffolk, England. Central issue for diabetic school children; Letters to the Suffolk Member of the Parliament to gather support for the national awareness campaign; Mandate of the Disability Act 2001 for colleges and schools.

Relates the author's experience with a group of young professionals selling credit cards to commuters in England. Language and accent of the marketers; Tactics used in convincing customers.

Deals with the letter sent by primary head teacher Carole Clayson to British Education Secretary David Blunkett regarding the feelings and grievances of the majority of teachers in Norwich, England. General public's reaction to the letter; Comments from some teachers on the letter.

Focuses on the Christopher Place Speech, Language & Hearing Centre in London, England. Background information; Curriculum description; Operations; Comments from director Angela Harding.

The article focuses on the promotion of home birth by local healthcare trust in Yorkshire, England. In homebirth, there were no outrageous parking charges and no urine test before going home. The only difference in home birth is that the place may seemed to be crowded. Midwives are the ones who are administering the delivery. However, there are some physicians who would advise patients to never opt for a home birth because of the strain that would be put to them when something went wrong.

Did you ever hear someone remark on the smallness of the sky? Has anyone ever said: 'What I really hate about living in Skelmersdale is the tiny skies?' I doubt it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

David Newnham gets stuck in a 999 Catch 22. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

David Newnham would rather not hear some things. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]