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Some critics have argued that funding ringfenced for ethnic minority pupils should be redirected.

Special treatment can significantly improve results. I'm not a teacher but ended up, all to often, as an unofficial tutor to many classmates throughout my earlier school years. The attitude projected towards someone trying to learn something cannot be over estimated IMO. It's seemed to me to be almost the paramount consideration.

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to = too :)

[Steelfish]

In the end it’s all about discipline: discipline at home and discipline at school.