Mark Johnson

“Our schools curriculum is designed by the middle classes, delivered by them, and is successful primarily for the middle classes.”

Read Mark’s thoughts on education and the emotional health of young people in his latest article for the Guardian newspaper.

This is an article Mark wrote for The Big Issue
 

There’s a place, and it really does exist, which has four political parties. Each one stands for a different aspect of social reform. Each one agrees wholeheartedly with the aims of the others. All four work together for the greater good without political infighting or the usual point-scoring shenanigans. No, don’t pack your bags. You don’t want to go there. And the people who live there just want to get out.

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Watch Mark’s appearance on the television news programme Midlands Today, where he went back to Birmingham and talked about his past life of crime there.