January to June, 2001
Tuesday January 16, 2001 -- Launch of the Competition
The school I'd like
Dea Birkett on a competition
which asks children what they really want from school
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,422486,00.html
Could your pupils create the dream school?
Tell us what your dream
school would be like and win fantastic prizes for your current school!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eventsandoffers/article/0,5992,422564,00.html
Children's choice
Leader (editorial)
Let them suggest the schools they want
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,422744,00.html
Tuesday January 23, 2001
Back to front
As one school introduces the triangular classroom, Joanna Moorhead asks if it
matters where children sit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,426392,00.html
Letters
I quit, too
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,426396,00.html
Tuesday January 30, 2001 -- 2 weeks post-launch
Pupil power
This month we launched a competition, asking children to design their dream
school. Claire Phipps visits the first of a series of schools that are taking
part
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,430372,00.html
Letters
Teaching was fun, once
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,430376,00.html
Tuesday March 20, 2001
Dare to be different
Competition: The school I'd like
In this
week's preview, Kate Caryer, 16, who has cerebral palsy, describes the school
of her dreams. Plus how to enter (and win fabulous prizes)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,459153,00.html
Tuesday
May 22, 2001 -- Shortlist of finalists
The school I'd like
Around 15,000 children
entered our competition to describe their ideal school. Here is the shortlist.
The winners will be announced in two weeks
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,494288,00.html
see http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,494009,00.html
Tuesday June 5, 2001 -- The Children's Manifesto
The
School we'd like
Children's voices have not been heard during
this election campaign - until now. Some 15,000 of them entered our competition,
The School I'd Like, demanding radical change. Dea Birkett unveils the children's
manifesto.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,501372,00.html
Tuesday June 5, 2001
Future
perfect
They are complaining ('no more teachers' cross
voices'), inventive (canteen robots, underwater classes) but above all, realistic.
Dea Birkett dips into our postbag
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,501387,00.html
see http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,501385,00.html
see http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,501372,00.htm
Tuesday June 5, 2001
So, what next?
Idle fantasy or programme for change? Party leaders Tony Blair, William Hague
and Charles Kennedy read the Children's Manifesto
(this was the week of the UK general election!) http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,501109,00.html
Tuesday June 12, 2001
Letters
What now for schools?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianeducation/story/0,3605,504952,00.html