Gary Glitter song removed from GCSE music paper (1)
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England's largest exam board has removed a number one chart hit by convicted paedophile Gary Glitter from a GCSE music assignment after widespread criticism.The Assessment and Qualification Alliance (AQA) had listed Glitter's 1973 song I'm The Leader Of The Gang as "related listening" for GCSE music coursework.An anonymous deputy headteacher and father of two saw Glitter's name on an exam paper sent out on November 1 to thousands of teenagers.The teacher from Windsor told the ...
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I've been testing two of the new phones from Ipevo for the past four weeks. Each has a different use in my classroom. The first phone, the Free.1 USB Handset is perfect for phone calls and recording podcasts, the second is the TR10 speakerphone which completely solved the echo / Skype conference classroom problem that takes so much energy to solve. Both of these devices are completely PC / Mac compatible with the recent fix ...
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