The live education magazine. This week, Jackie Spreckley explores the controversy over the introduction of specialised 'magnet' schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and John Buckley reports from New York on these schools designed to 'magnetically' attract bright and motivated pupils. In Platform,
Professor Stephen Hawking , author of the book A Brief History of Time, makes a plea through his computer for better facilities for the disabled. The programme also includes a report on 400 years of school uniforms. Producer Clare Brigstocke
Series editor Bernard Adams
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