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9780415482523

A Good School for Every Child: How to improve our schools

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415482523

  • ISBN10:

    0415482526

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-04-15
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book offers an insider's look at some of the key challenges in education, and is an invaluable guide for parents and teachers interested in how our schools work today.

Table of Contents

Foreword David Blunkett and Kenneth Baker (tbc) Introduction
What makes a good school
Why we need to give headteachers greater independence providing there is proper accountability
How to improve standards of literacy and numeracy
How to ensure to ensure that every 16 and 17 year old remains in full time education or training
What we should do to improve the 500 low attaining schools and the role of academies in doing so
Why we need to increase the supply of good teachers in key subjects such as Science, Maths and Modern Languages
Advice to parents on how to choose a good school and admissions procedures
Specialist Schools - Why they perform so well and the role sponsors: can these techniques be used in primary schools
Why our schools should become centres of community life serving the needs of both their children and adults, following the Cambridgeshire model of Henry Morris
Faith Schools
Who will champion our vulnerable children?
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