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Issue 17.6
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Design from the inside out
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- The way to ensure that a school meets the needs of its users, says Lawrence Brenchley, is to design it from the inside out rather than from the outside in.
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- 11/02/2009
Skills at school, skills for life
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- Improving young people's skills will be vital to the UK and its people in the years ahead. John Salusbury tells how a programme of support made a huge difference to his school.
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- 11/02/2009
What Is the point of homework?
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- Is it a way to prepare for tests? To reinforce earlier learning? Or to develop study skills? Bill Boyle, Joanna Bragg and Diane Pearson introduce their research on attitudes to homework.
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- 11/02/2009
Commanding performance
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- How can the art of performance management be refined by the techniques of Situational Leadership? Geoff Moss and Elizabeth Floyer's investigates.
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- 11/02/2009
MANAGER’S BRIEFCASE
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- A series of proformas, model documents and policies GOVERNORS OF SAMPLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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- 14/07/2008
Briefcase 2
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- The internet can be viewed as both an asset and a hazard. Used correctly it has the potential to be an excellent source of information and efficient means of communication. It can also be extremely harmful where it becomes a tool for bullying, extortion or misrepresentation. To use it properly and safely requires a number of skills and a level of awareness. The following are some key pointers to help children acquire these.
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- 14/07/2008
When success means failure
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- MST reports on an extraordinary contradiction at the heart of education policy as threats to failing schools’ run counter to the Government’s own use of value added measures.
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- 14/07/2008
Whose business is governing?
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- What do we mean by governance? What do we expect of governors? Martin McNeill wonders whether the current review will address these crucial issues.
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- 14/07/2008
Folding tables?
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- They’ve been scrapped across the rest of the UK – and now damning new research could test the Westminster government’s determination to persist with league tables in England.
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- 14/07/2008
Holding on to your talent
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- Take care to retain and reward your star teachers, says Jody Goldsworthy, and your efforts will be repaid many times over.
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- 14/07/2008
Is Every Child Matters working?
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- Many indicators suggest early successes for ‘joined-up’ multi-agency working with young people – but are the indicators themselves flawed? Chris Hough presents some thought-provoking research.
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- 14/07/2008
Getting away from it all
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- Managers are leaving behind the stresses of the school day for some summertime diversions – both in the UK and across the world. Crispin Andrews asks what’s on their holiday agendas.
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- 14/07/2008
Too much too soon
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- The Government’s early years policy could both damage children and breach their parents’ human rights, argues Margaret Edgington of the Open EYE campaign group.
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- 14/07/2008
Getting more for your money
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- MST’s indispensable new series on funding and finance begins with Malcolm Trobe’s look at the issue of ‘best value’ – and how your school can make the best purchasing decisions.
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- 14/07/2008
Competencies and the new National Curriculum
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- As schools gear up for the new National Curriculum, Jason Cauchi explores the potential of competency frameworks for preparation and development opportunities.
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- 14/07/2008
Tackling teenage pregnancy
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- Despite the doomy headlines, Britain is making considerable headway in cutting teenage pregnancy. MST looks at successful schemes in two different parts of the country.
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- 14/07/2008
Prepared for the worst
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- Does your school have a plan in place to follow in case of a crisis? Jenny McWhirter introduces some suggestions to fall back on and stop disastrous situations becoming worse.
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- 14/07/2008
A general improvement
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- Headteachers’ leader John Dunford welcomes the new diploma – but believes an extended ‘General Diploma’ is the extra step needed to transform 14–19 provision in England.
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- 14/07/2008
Working closer on diplomas
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- The new diplomas will need schools and colleges to collaborate more closely than ever before. A cluster of schools in Bristol has already found some innovative ways forward.
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- 14/07/2008
Partnering for performance
- Description:
- Renowned leadership trainers Geoff Moss and Elizabeth Floyer continue their series by looking at how performance can be boosted by partnerships between leaders and team members.
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- 14/07/2008
Design from the inside out
- Description:
- The way to ensure that a school meets the needs of its users, says Lawrence Brenchley, is to design it from the inside out rather than from the outside in.
- Submitted On:
- 14/07/2008
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