Dear Parents,
How long does it take for a vital national profession to accept that it is continuing in an error that is has damaged, and is continuing to damage, millions of lives? History provides some examples. Here is one in medicine.
Until the middle of the 19th century, ‘childbed fever’ was killing up to one third of mothers and their babies. Royal mothers were not immune.The following account of happened next can be found in Wikipedia:In the early 1800s a Hungarian doctor called Semmelweis discovered that washing hands with antiseptic …

By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent Sunday Telegraph
Wizard of Oz, 1939 Photo: REX FEATURES
Teachers should censor the toy box to replace witches’ black hats with a pink ones and dress fairies in darker shades, according to a consultant who has issued advice to local authorities.From the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz to Meg, the good witch from the Meg and Mog children’s books, witches have always dressed in black.
But their traditional attire has now come in for criticism from equality experts who claim it could send …

Children may be taught in “split shifts” at primary schools because of a critical shortage of places sparked by immigration and a rocketing birth rate.