I posted on a here a while ago looking for advice about scholarships to independent schools. Someone advised I should read a book and what can I say? I bought it and it was incredible.
Why Can't My Child Do That? is the story of a man who was let down by the education system, then as an adult developed a method of learning who used for his own kids when he had them. this book tells what he did, how it was so successful his son was auditioned for a scholarship at Eton ( I won't ruin the end), and who also worked in schools to discover how they teach.
If you think you know what goes on in you children's classroom, you don't! This book reveals all. Well worth a read, but be prepared - you might want to take your children out of school once you've read it!