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Issue 17.4
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News
- Description:
- Round up of the latest news.
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- 15/06/2008
The home front
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- A ground-breaking new award offers guidance and recognition to schools working closely with parents – a unifying theme of the Children’s Plan. Margaret Booth explains.
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- 15/06/2008
On a different track
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- The Government’s much-heralded ‘Fast Track’ scheme to quickly train and promote promising teachers into headship is being scrapped. Will its replacement be up to the job?
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- 15/06/2008
Spanner in the works
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- Will the top universities’ blacklist of ‘soft’ qualifcations deal a fatal blow to the Government’s efforts to ‘vocationalise’ secondary education?
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- 15/06/2008
Time out
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- He took unpaid leave from a demanding inner-city headship and met with a torrent of tabloid outrage. Now Andrew Warren speaks exclusively to Suzanne O’Connell about his experiences.
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- 15/06/2008
An inside view of diplomas
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- As the launch date looms for the new qualifcations, three institutions involved in the hair & beauty diploma share their experiences and thoughts with Managing Schools Today.
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- 15/06/2008
Testing to the limits
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- SATs are such an entrenched part of our school life that we perhaps need reminding of how they emerged and their implications for the future. Bill Boyle explores the wider context.
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- 15/06/2008
A change for the worse?
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- Ill-informed proposals for change could undermine the vital role of school governors as the Every Child Matters agenda moves forward, argues Phil Revell.
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- 15/06/2008
Making it all add up
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- School leaders are groaning under the burden of initiatives. In the frst of two features by Graham Holley of the TDA, explains how a new planning tool can help school managers intergrate reforms like Every Child Matters into the mainstream.
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- 15/06/2008
Design for everyone
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- The shift towards personalised learning will need a shift towards personalised school design. Michál Cohen explains how her firm of architects has risen to the challenge.
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- 15/06/2008
Your fexible friend
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- A flexible learning environment can unleash amazing results from your pupils, says Sam Stevens, but a good deal of thought, planning and preparation are essential.
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- 15/06/2008
The art of effective teamwork
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- What makes a high-performing team? How should it be led? Geoff Moss and Elizabeth Floyer’s series continues with a look at the defning features of successful work groups in schools.
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- 15/06/2008
Motivation, motivation, motivation
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- Keeping the best teachers – and keeping them engaged with the job – is increasingly vital to better outcomes for children. Jody Goldsworthy looks at some methods for motivating staff.
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- 15/06/2008
The personal touch
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- PSHE can play a valuable role in new policy initiatives, as two school managers explain how the subject has been instrumental in their work on the National Healthy Schools Programme.
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- 15/06/2008
Taking extra care
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- What does the new law on corporate manslaughter mean for your school? Andy Hopkin explores the implications for education managers.
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- 15/06/2008
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