Words On Pegs

A call to get rid of displays and clutter on classroom walls so children can concentrate on learning receives a predictable response:

The advice was dismissed as "absolute garbage" by the National Association of Head Teachers. David Fann, the chairman of its primary committee, said children needed to be stimulated at school. "We make our classrooms bright and stimulating and even have words hanging down off pegs on fishing wire."

Perhaps that why 20 per cent of his students go on to high school:

...unable to read well enough.

-- Nick