Each team reads one text and prepares answers to the questions to inform the others.

You can find the questions you need to understand and prepare your speech with in the left navigation under the article's headline.

Group A
Read the text “Sad state “ by Wendy Berliner (Guardian Online)
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,936526,00.html
and answer the questions to the text.

Group B
Read the article “The hypocrisy of going private” by Will Hutton
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/education/story/0,12554,920165,00.html and answer the questions.

Group C
Read “The class war destroying our schools”
http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,722365,00.html
and answer the questions.

Group D
Read the text “So you thought all schools were equal” by Andrew Adonis and Martin Bright
http://www.observer.co.uk/education/0,12554,818780,00.html
and answer the questions.

Group E
Read the article "Parent power boosted in school reforms"
http://www.observer.co.uk/education/story/0,12554,968138,00.html
and answer the questions.

What are the pros and cons of private schools?
Discuss in your team, write the aspects down and prepare for a discussion in class!

Use the worksheet "Private Colleges" (left navigation) for your preparation.

Would you like to study in one of the private colleges in GB? Argue well and convince your team.

You will use your arguments für the dicussion in class later.