1st Edition
Schools, Parents and Governors A New Approach to Accountability
By Joan Sallis
Copyright 1988
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1988, this book was an up to the minute account of the way in which recent government initiatives, including the 1986 Act, would affect accountability and the quest for greater partnership between schools and parents.
It pinpoints the central issues of the current debates at the time in a lucid and highly readable way, asking how public commitment to education can be... Read more
Foreword. 1. Beyond the School Gates 2. The Power of the Market Place 3. Parents: Clients or Partners? 4. ‘My Door is Always Ajar’ 5. The Parents’ Voice 6. Parents in Other Countries 7. Agents of Accountability: School Governors before 1975 8. Moving Towards Partnership in School Government, 1975-86 9. Making Partnership Work. Appendix 1: A Summary of the Taylor Report. Appendix 2: A Summary of the Education (No.2) Act 1986. Some Helpful Reading. Index.
Biography
Joan Sallis
