| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Description | File containing papers on Michael Duane's work at Howe Dell School, including: typescript text 'history no.2' written by Duane for his solicitor [Kenneth Wormald, solicitor of the National Union of Teachers] on the history of the school, the schools policies, and the difficulties facing the school, [1951]; typescript document by Duane 'Present Situation at Howe Dell School' [1951]; annotated typescript document by Duane 'History No. 4' tracing the history of the school and the reasons for his policies, [1951]; annotated Howe Dell School Progress Report, Jan 1949-Dec 1949; copy of a letter to Duane from Kenneth Wormald, solicitor of the National Union of Teachers, enclosing a copy of Duane's comments on 'some points arising from the report of the governors of the Howe Dell Secondary Modern School' approved by [Arthur ] Skeffington, 7 Sep 1951; annotated typescript draft of the comments by Duane arrising from the report of the school governors, [1951]; copies of a questionnaire sent to parents asking if their children had benefited from the experimental methods at the school and analysis of the results, 1950; typescript account of Duane's answer to the school governors' proposals to dismiss him, [1951]; Howe Dell School progress reports, Jul 1949-Sep 1949; typescript document listing suggestions for a possible legal case against the school governors, [1951]; typescript comments on 'report of the Governors of the Howe Dell Secondary Modern School' [1951]; annotated minutes of a meeting of the school governors, [1951], to discuss the proposal to dismiss Duane from his post; copy of a letter sent to Duane by John Newsom, County Education Officer, 20 Aug 1951, inviting Duane to put his case to the Disciplinary Sub-Committee of the Education Committee, 20 Aug 1951; typescript text by Duane 'Intelligence and attainment Levels at Howe Dell and it contributory schools' [1951]; letter and copies from John Newsom informing Duane of the resolution of no-confidence passed by the school governors, and asking if he wanted to appeal, 24 Jul 1951; petition from the Assistant Staff of Howe Dell School, sent to G Tomlinson, Minister of Education, appealing against the attempt to dismiss Duane, 19 Jul 1951; letter from G A Whitaker, a parent of a child at Howe Dell, about his daughter's success at Howe Dell and the opinion of that school by other teachers in the area, 20 Jul 1951; letter from A J Winstanley, a teacher at Howe Dell, 21 Jul 1951, to the Ministry of Education in defense of Duane. |