No staring out of the window! Why super-strict schools are on the rise

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Blind rule-following may improve grades but does it stamp out individuality? A teacher who has seen the results discusses the pros and cons.

In my first term as a trainee teacher, I was standing at the front of the classroom trying to prove to a year 7 class that 0.1 is bigger th...