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Few pupils bring alcohol or drugs to class, but dealing with the effects of weekend abuse is a headache for teachers.

Teen apathy has been in scant supply as thousands of pupils have joined the protests against tuition fees and education cuts. But should teachers support their spirit of defiance or punish them for truancy?

After fleeing the Nazis, the future author found comfort in an uncompromising French teacher

Taking students out of the classroom to do `real’ research and pairing their teachers with those working in the field is getting children enthused about science’s possibilities

Dismissed by opponents as middle-class do-gooders, those behind the first tranche of free schools in fact come in all shapes and sizes. But, as Meabh Ritchie reports, what unites them is a refusal to stand on the educational sidelines.