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www.nationaleducationtrust.net |
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The National Education Trust (NET) is an independent foundation dedicated to improving the quality of education nationwide,
shaping its future and working to help close the achievement gap |
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Key policy areas NET focuses on include
- What does the consumer and local community want from their education providers, both formal and informal?
- What are the key purposes of an education system in the 21st century? What should the state and the individual spend on education?
- What makes effective pre-school and early years education? How should providers work with, and for families, particularly those who experience disadvantage?
- What should be in the National Curriculum for the compulsory school years? Should national tests and examinations be age-related?
- How can the vocational/academic divide be challenged? How are we preparing the future workforce for the skills needed in a global economy?
- How can we 'close the achievement gap'? What does the formal education system mean by 'inclusion'?
- What should we plan for in 'building schools for the future'? What do families, especially those who experience social and economic disadvantage, want from 'extended schools'?
- What are the implications for professional training and development, given significant workforce remodelling across the education sectors?
- Why are we obsessed with testing and targets? Does the examination system (a) challenge the more able and (b) unintentionally reinforce failure?
- Are systems of governance in education appropriate? Does inspection make a difference? Are we over-regulated?
- How should we harness the power of the media and information technology in learning and teaching, both at home and in institutions?
- Is adult and continuing education demand or producer-led? What programmes for lifelong learning do adults require?
- Do we want or need world-class universities? Is a university education worth up to 50% of the population getting into debt?
- What should different sectors and providers of education learn from one another, nationally and internationally
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