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NET and The Sutton Trust: Teach Primary
National Education Trust NET and The Sutton Trust say
'Expand Teach First to Primary Schools'.

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26 June 2009.
The Sutton Trust
NET and The Sutton Trust say 'Expand Teach First to Primary Schools'.
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Leading Educationalists write for the NET web site
Yes, we can! Why we need to develop the can-do spirit in our schools: Jeremy Sutcliffe
There has been much debate in the national media recently about the negative side of childhood and growing up, and it is easy to conclude that both education and the state of modern parenthood are in crisis.
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Resilience, confidence and self-belief; foundations for good learning: Angela Jackson & Tony Ashmore
Raising the age at which young people can leave formal education is welcome but lengthening the period of compulsory education does not address the fundamental problem of equipping children for learning
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What is so special about Frank Wise Special School?
Mervyn Benford

The sight of happy children and their parents in the foyer at day's end, mingling with staff while minibus drivers carefully embark their passengers, reflects features cardinal to effective schools: leadership, delegation, teamwork, energy and vision within which human fundamentals of trust, respect, partnership and competence predominate.
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'It's life Captain, but not as we know it' Geoff Barton
There's a lot of stuff about the future out there at the moment – speculation, prediction, crystal-ball-gazing, wacky assumptions, that kind of thing. And some of it has startling implications for schools.
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Postcard from Dubai: Roy Blatchford
The Dubai skyline exceeds expectations, refracting desert sun with a shattering intensity. Buildings like sculptured pokers defy the expected rules of gravity.
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Community cohesion: what can schools do? Tony Eaude
A first principle is that every school should be prepared to address explicitly, and to celebrate, not just accept, both sameness and diversity.
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