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Education Journal No.123 (2010 – 04)
Contradictions
Michael Gove starts work as Secretary of State for Education by writing three letters, to outstanding schools, other schools and local authorities. He wants them to back his policies, but are there contradictions between the messages he is sending?
Features
Concentrating on raising standards
Dr John Dunford, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, writes about the unlikely partnership of David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the coalition government.
Purple reign at the DfE
Frances Rafferty on the new ministerial appointments in the Department of Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Supporting disabled parents
Tony McAleavy, Education Director at the CfBT Education Trust, argues that all disabled parents should have access to support to participate in their children’s
education.
Fix it or ditch it
In his first article as our new Scotland editor, Brian Cooklin writes about the lack of confidence in the Scottish Government’s ability to implement the Curriculum for Excellence, as well as the new national qualifications.
Fair’s fair
Councillor Ivan Ould, chairman of the F40 fair funding campaign group, questions whether the current consultation about the DSG funding formula means that the lowest funded authorities may see the introduction of a fairer and more equitable system of funding distribution.
The problem with the pupil premium
Warwick Mansell reports on the Coalition Government’s plans to introduce a pupil premium for the most disadvantaged school pupils.
News reports
Unemployment figures, a NIACE survey of adult learners and a fall in the number of childcare places.
Children First – listening to DCSs
Children’s Services Directors from Kensington & Chelsea and Sheffield discuss with Susan Young the changing political landscape and what it means for the future of children’s services departments.
Local elections
Election results and analysis of the Metropolitan district, London borough and unitary council elections in May.
Good news for colleges
Ian Nash explains why FE colleges are in a remarkably buoyant post-election mood, despite the prospect of capital spending cuts.
Raising the bar
John O’Leary speculates on the results of Lord Browne’s review of higher education funding and the Lib Dem’s decision to abstain from decisions about raising tuition fees.
The changing role of English
Dr Mike Milanovic, Chief Executive of Cambridge ESOL, writes about the key role played by the English language in schools and many social and professional
contexts.
Higher Ground
John Izbicki reports on the latest news from higher education institutions around the country.
It’s complicated
Our Wales editor, Professor Ken Reid, makes some predictions for the long-term future of Welsh education under the Labour-Plaid coalition, following the recent
general election.
News reports
Adult education, access to higher education and Building Schools for the Future.
Who’s who in education and children’s services
Our children’s services editor, Chris Waterman, reports on the new ministerial teams at the departments for Education and Business, Innovation and Skills.
Admin costs Wales £1.3bn a year
Our Wales editor, Professor Ken Reid, reports on the recently published Report into Welsh Education Funding.
Children’s health
Media watch
Research
Research Notes
CAF – bringing about better outcomes
Sue Rossiter, Chief Executive of the National Foundation for Educational Research, writes about the results of the Local Authority Research Consortium’s
study of the Common Assessment Framework.
Every Child/Youth Matters and government policy
Chris Hough, of the University of Cumbria, presents the second of two articles based on research into the effectiveness of the social policies that underpin the Every Child Matters programme.
NFER ongoing research
The influence of North-South partnerships
Dr Karen Edge, Keren Freyman and James Lawrie, of the University of London Institute of Education, report on their research into the influence of international school partnerships between schools in the UK, Africa and Asia.
Research Digest
Reference
Document digest
Document review
In this issue we review The Coalition: Our programme for government from HM Government.
General
Events
We report on the College of Teachers biennial lecture, delivered by Michael Barber at the Institute of Education.
Conference round-up
Opinion
John Izbicki writes about the low standard of modern foreign languages amongst much of the UK population.
Parliament
The Academies Bill
Our children’s services editor, Chris Waterman, casts a critical eye over the new Academies Bill and just some of the implications.
Curriculum for Excellence still causing concern
Many schools are worried about the Scottish government’s new Curriculum for Excellence programme.
Social services workforce in Scotland
We report on a debate in the Scottish Parliament on children’s social services.
The cost of administering education
We report on a statement in the Welsh Assembly on the review of the cost of administering education.
Poor levels of literacy in Wales
A debate in the Welsh Assembly on literacy levels.
Parliamentary questions
Subjects covered are teachers pay and building schools for the future in the House of Commons, libraries and child care from the Scottish Parliament and homophobic bullying, dyscalculia and capital expenditure from the Welsh Assembly.
Phoenix
Awards from the College of Teachers; kidsB4cash; and the Honours list.
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