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Tag Archives: community
How Britain treats its children – a UN perspective
by Dr Pam Jarvis, Leeds Trinity University In June 2016, national news headlines were dominated by Britain’s referendum on whether to remain within or leave the European Union. Other news disappeared beneath this maelstrom, including a story which lays bare some … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged British values, childhood, community, grammar schools, mental health, poverty, wellbeing
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Primary schools responding to diversity
New research by inclusion and SEN experts Mel Ainscow and Alan Dyson, in partnership with Lisa Hopwood and Stephanie Thomson, shows how a fragmented school system is affecting vulnerable children. It raises issues about the way diversity is understood primarily in … Continue reading
How lay governors make better schools
Nigel Gann offers a more democratic vision of school governance. The second edition of his book Improving School Governance: How better governors make better schools has just been published. School management is often about measurable things – getting the data … Continue reading
A Welsh mining community 30 years on
It is 30 years to the day since the Miners Strike ended. The legacy remains in the poverty and loss experienced in many parts of Britain. Gabrielle Ivinson’s research concerns the lives and feelings of young people living in the … Continue reading
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Tagged community, disadvantage, poverty, youth unemployment
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Remaking school governance
by Stewart Ranson School governance in England since the 1988 Education Reform Act has been remade following neoliberal principles. It has moved from local council control to a competitive market among schools which are autonomously managed but subject to increasing … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged community, governors, local authority, local democracy, privatisation
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Reclaiming Schools 