Melissa Ann Benn was born on 1957 and is a British journalist and writer.
11 Facts About Melissa Benn
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Melissa Benn is known for her support of comprehensive education and criticism of many aspects of government policy on education.
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Melissa Benn has written two books on the subject; School Wars, a study of the UK's post-war comprehensive education system, and The Truth About Our Schools.
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Melissa Benn then worked as a journalist for City Limits magazine.
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Melissa Benn co-edited, with Clyde Chitty, A Tribute to Caroline Melissa Benn: Education and Democracy, collecting various papers relevant to the campaign for comprehensive education, an issue on which her mother had been a prominent campaigner.
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In recent years, Melissa Benn has become an advocate for comprehensives and a critic of many aspects of government policy on education.
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Melissa Benn helped form the Local Schools Network in 2010, a pro-state schools pressure group.
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In 2012, Melissa Benn won the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award, presented by the National Union of Teachers for her campaigning and work for the cause of comprehensive education.
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Melissa Benn was born in Hammersmith, London to politician Tony Benn and writer-educationalist Caroline Benn.
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Melissa Benn has three brothers, Joshua Benn, Hilary Benn and Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate, making her a member of the political Benn family.
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Melissa Benn attended Fox Primary School and Holland Park School and graduated with a first in History from the London School of Economics.