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Dominic Lawson: Don't complain about private schools. Learn from them

Britain has the best schools in the world. Why else would leading figures in countries such as China and Russia send their children to learn here, rather than in their own educational systems? Their choice is not based on mere social aspiration: the... ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Thu, Sep 11 2008

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