Katharine Birbalsingh is Britain's most outspoken and controversial teacher. Educated at a comprehensive school, she earned a degree in philosophy and modern languages at Oxford university and has taught for over a decade in inner-city schools. To Miss with Love was for several years an anonymous blog that exposed the reality of inner-city schools and the problems with the education system. She now writes regularly for the Telegraph and has given evidence at the Commons select committee for education. Her views have sparked a national debate. www.katharinebirbalsingh.com
Charismatic ... electrifying ... This remarkable woman has neatly identified the problem with education -- Minette Marin * The Times * The constant frustration, the struggle to hold on to your ideals in the face of a broken system - this book is the story of contemporary state education. It's both heart-breaking and inspiring -- Toby Young Describes in eloquent, despairing voice how schools suffer from high levels of disruption and underachievement * Telegraph * The teacher who laid bare the chaos in the education system ... by delivering some brutal home truths ... articulate and inspirational * Daily Mail *