The bit about Fairhurst High School is one of those garbled things that you get by playing Chinese whispers. In fact John Fairhurst was the well-regarded head

The bit about Fairhurst High School is one of those garbled things that you get by playing Chinese whispers. In fact John Fairhurst was the well-regarded head teacher at Shenfield High School in Shenfield, Essex, a small town in the commuter belt east of London. You can read more in this article that I found on Google: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lNLliSZ42EEJ:web.alfredstate.edu/library/English%2520Comp%2520Articles%2520Spring%25202008/Sax%2520article.doc+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lNLliSZ... He has since retired but not before serving as president at the Association of School & College Leaders. And he has regularly been featured in the British press commenting on the need for more innovative ways to educate kids.