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Brit in the Bronx

Anna Bailey left the UK to teach art to high school students in New York. In this series she offers a peak into education state-side

  • Hallway in school

    Striving to save an unreachable student: giving up on Angel

    Brit in the Bronx charts the journey of teaching a child the rest of the world has given up on

  • Girl Looking Through Seaside Binoculars

    Surviving lesson observations: if it could go wrong, it almost certainly will

    Brit in the Bronx reflects on the mishaps that can blight any teacher during those beloved lesson observations

  • Sandy Hook memorial

    The Sandy Hook tragedy highlights a polarised society as well as gun crime

    Anna Bailey's pupils live with daily gun crime, so how would they react to the shootings at Newtown in the 'safe' US?

  • Michael Bloomberg

    Snapshots of hurricane Sandy: a New York teacher's view

    As her students return to school following the disruption of hurricane Sandy, teacher Anna Bailey reflects on their reactions to the storm - and its damage

  • Cerne Abbas Giant

    There's no getting away from anatomy in art class

    One of the upsides, or downsides, depending on your comic sensibility, of teaching art is that you will never be short of creative offerings to entertain you, says Anna Bailey

  • Box of pencils

    A Brit in the Bronx: do charter schools really work in the US?

    Brit-born teacher Anna Bailey is working in her third charter school - but she can't make up her mind if longer hours and less rights for teachers really deliver results

  • New York cityscape

    A Brit in the Bronx: an English teacher's tales from New York

    Anna Bailey left the UK to teach art to high school students in New York. Here she offers a sneak peak into education state-side

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