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Professor Roger Scruton believes the way to improve our schools is through tapping into the time and talents of middle-class volunteers.

Roger Scruton believes the way to improve our schools is through tapping into the time and talents of middle class volunteers. "The philanthropic middle classes, who created our education system and made it one of the best in the world, have been for too long excluded from it".

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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A Point of View: The case for not leaving education to the teachers

A Point of View: The case for not leaving education to the teachers

We should not expect education to be simply left to teachers, or the state, argues the philosopher Roger Scruton.

Read Roger Scruton’s article on the BBC News website

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ProducerRoger Scruton
ProducerSheila Cook

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  • Fri 7 Mar 201420:50
  • Sun 9 Mar 201408:48

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