The report also emphasised improvements in pupils' teamwork in the classroom and how they learn to be more patient with each other.

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There is an obsession with official data too: read or listen to a report on the arrest of a criminal and you will probably learn the licence number of the police car that picked him up, the names and badge numbers of the arresting officers, and the exact time that he was taken into custody.

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