The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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In recent years, a number of attempts have been made to improve schools. For example, the school effectiveness movement in the 1990s developed those famous checklists of eight, ten, fifteen or twenty things that ‘effective’ or ‘high added value’ schools should do, ranging from capable management to generating a climate of high expectations.
While useful in some ways, this phase of educational reform had a number of limitations. First, it was based on giving scho…
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