Reasons to be cheerful: the story of one community school and the New Labour government

Simmons, Katy (2010). Reasons to be cheerful: the story of one community school and the New Labour government. FORUM, 52(1) pp. 107–117.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2304/forum.2010.52.1.107

Abstract

This article looks at the struggle of one secondary school and its local community to improve educational opportunities and life chances for its students. The author, a long-term governor at the school, uses the school's story as a lens through which to look at some of the major educational initiatives of New Labour's time in office. Without these initiatives, the schools' story - and the lives of its students - would be very different. The school's fortunes have been positively affected by government policies.

Viewing alternatives

Metrics

Item Actions

Export

You can export this page using these formats Digital Object Identifier - DOI

About

• Item ORO ID
• 27006
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0963-8253
• Keywords
• social justice; secondary schools; social justice
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
• Research Group
• Education
• Copyright Holders
• © 2010 Katy Simmons
• Depositing User
• Katy Simmons