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How schools got strict

Where did the trend for tough discipline in schools come from? It’s led to a big argument online about how strict is too strict. Education journalist Laura McInerney explains the origins of the trend.

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  What is ‘The Great Replacement’ theory?

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  Breeding for Britain

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  How pop stars make money

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  Pop stars, boundaries and toxic fandom

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  What are “furries”?

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  Claims children are identifying as animals

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  The origins of racial terms like “coconut”

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  Coconuts, race and hate speech

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  What is dwarfism?

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  Snow White and the dwarfism debate

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  When the Nazis banned smoking

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  Outdoor smoking ban

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  A history of Received Pronunciation

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  Accent and class

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  What is the ‘manosphere’?

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  'Extreme' Misogyny