"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple". – Oscar Wilde

15 years ago, the phrase 'school evaluation' would probably have triggered

'Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife' – John Dewey.

In the aftermath of the shocking attacks in Paris

"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel". - Mahatma Gandhi

What is the most striking transformation that has taken place in

"Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it". - George Bernard

In the 1980s, the film Educating Rita struck a chord with many who saw adult education as a major cultural divide.

Focusing on a young

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend" – Theophrastus

If time is the most valuable thing a man can spend, does

“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it

"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it". - Salvador Dali

It took 199 years to build the Tower of Pisa

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". - Albert Einstein

As this school year finishes, most children will be

"To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and