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The bring back the birch mob

Behaviour Trade unions
Behaviour in schools is back in the news – and everybody has a view on it. Brian Lightman discusses behaviour management and its links to teacher training.

So behaviour has been back in the news again. The media love it, the “bring back the birch” mob comes out of the woodwork and the speaker at the House of Commons (which could certainly do with a dose of behaviour management) tells the secretary of state for education to go off and write some lines during a recent Prime Minister’s Questions. 

As with so many educational topics, everybody who has been to school has a view about it. Even Michael Gove, who has steadfastly proclaimed that professional decisions should be left to the professionals, feels qualified to recommend which sanctions will work.

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