Pie Fight

PhD on different systems for educating disaffected teens

It'd be fun to do a PhD comparing the strengths and weaknesses of how America educates disaffected teens with how England does it.

More with the casenotes - homophobia

The homophobia casenote came out yesterday, and got decent coverage in the Guardian.

Casenotes

In the interest of of occasionally reminding myself what I do for a living, here's the homepage for the series of briefings / mini-reports I'm currently researching and writing. There's some fairly interesting stuff, at least for those working in this area. Below the fold, there's a brief discussion of each one.

Write like the wind, windwriter

Hmm, here's a collection of articles and such on how to write real good. Will have to look through it later, but I found it via my search for materials by Katherine Boo, who argues that narrative is the best vehicle for carrying readers through complicated, policy-related material. I like what you're saying, diminutive one.