The Daily Mail leads with claims that more than two million children are being taught in either mediocre or failing schools. Full story >>
VOCABULARY
1. If you refer to someone's incompetence, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly. • Allegations of police incompetence in the hunt for the killer of the Rachel Nickell will be formally investigated, it was announced today.
2. The Mail's headline features a play on the word 'lesson'. You can use lesson to refer to an experience which should act as a warning to you or as an example from which you should learn. And, of course, there's the school lesson.
