- 268 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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What Makes a Good School?
About this book
School choice has become one of the most agonizing issues of parenthood; while schools boast of unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers, and stellar academic achievement, parents wonder whether the marketing hype is actually true. Drawing on the authors' experiences and knowledge—one as a school principal and both as parents and advocates—this account compares public, Catholic, private, selective, and comprehensive schools and examines how well each responds to the recurring crises in the lives of Australian children. Offering clear-eyed advice to policymakers as well as parents, this book argues that schools must be a good fit for the students, the parents, and for the nation.
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Yes, you can access What Makes a Good School? by Chris Bonner,Jane Caro in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Administration. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Who are schools for?
- 2 The talk about schools
- 3 What are schools really like?
- 4 My School and your school
- 5 The agony and ecstasy of choice
- 6 What is good teaching and learning?
- 7 What do good schools do about the things that keep parents awake at night?
- 8 Trying to please everyone, from K to 12
- 9 Types of schools: How much does it matter?
- 10 What makes a good system of schools?
- 11 Creating more good schools
- 12 How do you choose a good school?
- Notes
- Index