1st Edition

Parent Power A Dictionary Guide to your Child's Education and Schooling

Edited By Nicholas Bagnall Copyright 1974
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1974, Parent Power was a comprehensive handbook for parents on education and schooling at the time. Clearly and concisely, it outlined the rights of parents within the education system, and set out how they might be most effectively asserted to achieve results. Parent Power was designed as a source of ready answers to the day-to-day problems that faced all parents of... Read more

Introduction.  In Loco Parentis.  Absence – Attendance; Backwardness – Bullying; Careers – Counselling; Day Nurseries – Dyslexia; Education Acts – Extras; Family Grouping – Free Schools; Games – Grants; Half-time Schooling – Homework; Immigrants – Intelligence Tests; Junior Schools; Leaving Age – Local Education Authorities; Maths – Music; Nursery Schools and Classes; Open Plan – Ordinary National Diploma; Parents’ Rights – Pupil Power; Reading – Rules; Scholastic Agencies – Subjects; Teachers – Truancy; Uniforms – Universities; Welfare Benefits.

Biography

Nicholas Bagnall