Journalist and Writer
Hilary Wilce specialising in all aspects of education
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Quandary is an educational advice column that has been running in The Independent, on Thursdays, since 2002, discussing queries and dilemmas about schools, colleges, universities and adult learning.

Here on the site are some recent columns, but if you would like to find any earlier articles please use the search facility which works by either subject or publication date.

25 Jun 2009 - What’s so great about schools in Sweden? Are they really so good we should copy them?

18 Jun 2009 - I’m a teacher who feels out of step with my school’s rewards-based culture. Children are applauded for every little thing they do.

11 Jun 2009 - Why should learning about computers and technology be put at the heart of the primary school curriculum?

04 Jun 2009 - Should my children go to a good local maths tutor who is rumoured to behave suspiciously with pupils?