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.

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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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Copyright Holders:	2010 Katy Simmons
ISSN:	0963-8253
Keywords:	social justice; secondary schools; social justice
Academic Unit/Department:	Education and Language Studies > Education
Item ID:	27006
Depositing User:	Katy Simmons
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2011 16:24
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2012 15:46
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/27006

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