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.

05 Jun 2008 - School cadet corps -- good or bad? As a woolly liberal do I cheer when my boys want to join?

29 May 2008 - How can I tutor my 13-year-old London pupils about violence on the streets without making them even more anxious?

22 May 2008 - My daughter often gets after-school detentions, and then I have to drive to fetch her. Why not have lunchtime ones?

15 May 2008 - Can you ever make a good film about teaching? In the recent Happy Go Lucky the girl made a completely unconvincing primary teacher.