Governments and experts around the globe are permanently trying to “fix” education I was trying to come up with a joke or some kind of analogy to begin my address this morning; or perhaps a saying or maxim. Over the course of my professional life, which began as a secondary school teacher almost exactly 30 year ago, I have certainly come up with enough sayings of my own based on what I have learned and, mostly, from my many failures. Let me try out a few on you:






