How does teachers' pay compare to other professions? What do teachers do when they leave teaching? What school did Jeffrey Archer attend and which Oxford college did Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher go to? How can you spot plagiarism by pupils? And how can teachers monitor their workloads? When was Eton College founded and what subjects were taught at Rugby in Thomas Arnold's time? Which pupils of Hogwarts are Slytherins and who taught at Greyfriars?
The best miscellany is one that manages to combine, without rhyme or reason, information that seems trivial and yet is somehow either useful, fascinating or both. From statistics about educational practice and policy across the world, through facts (both ordinary and extraordinary) about life of schools and colleges in both fact and fiction, to handy checklists for teachers, the author of 100 Essential Lists for Teachers here provides the world of education with its first essential miscellany.