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Author: Jim Docking Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 135126530X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 257
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Published in 1996, this book presents a broad overview of the development of educational policy for schools in England and Wales since Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative administration took office in 1979. It reviews the separate strands of education policy as it relates to curriculum, equal educational opportunities, diversity and choice and management policies, and combines these with an overall appraisal of the direction of the schools system in the two decades before it was written. The book thereby provides a comprehensive text for undergraduate and postgraduate students which raises issues for debate and includes support material for discussion. It will also be of interest to school governors, educationalists and all those who care about the direction of educational change.
Author: Jim Docking Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 135126530X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
Published in 1996, this book presents a broad overview of the development of educational policy for schools in England and Wales since Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative administration took office in 1979. It reviews the separate strands of education policy as it relates to curriculum, equal educational opportunities, diversity and choice and management policies, and combines these with an overall appraisal of the direction of the schools system in the two decades before it was written. The book thereby provides a comprehensive text for undergraduate and postgraduate students which raises issues for debate and includes support material for discussion. It will also be of interest to school governors, educationalists and all those who care about the direction of educational change.
Author: Skinner-Thompson, Scott Publisher: Wolters Kluwer ISBN: 1454867981 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1424
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AIDS and the Law provides comprehensive coverage of the complex legal issues, as well as the underlying medical and scientific issues, surrounding the HIV epidemic. Covering a broad range of legal fields from employment to health care to housing and privacy rights, this essential resource provides thorough up-to-date coverage of a rapidly changing area of law. The Fifth Edition of AIDS and the Law has been updated to include: Updates regarding medical advancements in treating and preventing HIV, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Analysis of the FDA's revised recommendations for blood donations from men who have sex with men Synthesized and streamlined analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Comprehensive discussion of housing protections for people living with HIV Updates regarding the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, including the revised Strategy released in 2015 Important developments regarding the U.S. government's treatment of HIV-positive immigrants Discussion of the Affordable Care Act's anti-discrimination provisions for people living with HIV Overview of new international and foreign protections for people living with HIV Information on navigating the many public benefit regimes potentially available to people living with HIV Detailed discussion regarding protections for prisoners living with HIV, including new case law forbidding segregation
Author: Jim Docking Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136623892 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 223
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A sequel to Jim Docking's "National School Policy" which examined the Conservative Government's education reforms from 1979 onwards, this text reviews New Labour's policies to improve pupils' performance. The contributors examine the evidence concerning standards in schools, look at the main directions of government policy, explore particular policies in detail and provide clear expositions of New Labour's education policies and provide critical examinations of controversial issues.
Author: Dona Cheung Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 0788181297 Category : Languages : en Pages : 154
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The primary purpose of this document is to help state & local education agencies & schools develop adequate policies & procedures to protect information about students & their families from improper release, while satisfying the need for school officials to make sound management, instructional, & service decisions. Sections include: a primer for privacy; summary of key federal laws; protecting the privacy of individuals during the data collection process; securing the privacy of data maintained & used within an agency; providing parents access to their child's records; & releasing information outside an agency. 5 appendices.
Author: C. Hudson Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230523382 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 262
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In the Western world, education policy has increasingly become a local matter. Localities and schools adjust education to meet specific local needs, fragmentation and diversity. Globalization and the greater emphasis on knowledge in society however, also embody strong streamlining tendencies. This edited volume examines and compares the way in which local education systems in Britain and Sweden are created in the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions.
Author: Joyce L. Epstein Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1483320014 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 508
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Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Author: Education Law Association, Dayton, OH. Publisher: ISBN: 9781565340992 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 582
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This yearbook describes current issues affecting education law. Its 12 chapters, each written by a specialist, cover a large variety of educational legislation. Chapter 1 focuses on employees, discrimination, constitutional rights, due process, dismissal, demotion, discipline, reduction-in-force and involuntary leaves of absence, contract disputes, tenure, and certification. The second chapter examines school governance and highlights issues in state funding; special schools and school districts, such as charter schools; powers of school-district boards; financial affairs; employment affairs; contracts; facilities; transportation; tort liability; and claims and suits against the school district. The next chapter discusses pupils and those laws relating to public school attendance, private and parochial students, sanctions for student misconduct, and desegregation. Chapter 4 looks at bargaining, constitutional issues, statutory issues, recognition and representational issues, scope of bargaining, grievability and arbitratility, and judicial review of arbitration awards. The fifth chapter concentrates on students with disabilities, entitlement to services, dispute resolution, and placement, whereas chapter 6 explains torts and related issues. Legal issues in sports and higher education, as affected by federal and state legislation, are detailed in the next four chapters. The last two chapters examine education-related concerns and international law. An appendix features a table of cases and other information. (Contains an index.) (RJM)
Author: David Woods Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415232661 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 196
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An overview of the work of the inspection and advisory services as they relate to the LEAs and other involved parties such as the DfEE, OFSTED, schools and governing bodies.
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Author: Jim Docking
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