Free schools: for and against

[letric]

Parents , teachers and charities are being asked to step forward if they want
to run schools in England. Opinions are sharply divided.
New groups - particularly of excellent teachers - are coming forward all the time.
Teachers who want to make the greatest possible impact in deprived areas
and cannot under the current system. Doctors and lawyers are allowed to
set up GP surgeries and legal firms, but teachers are not allowed to set up
schools. Of course there should be proper accountability - we will be working
with groups to make sure they submit a high quality application, expecting
them to be held accountable for their performance. The question should be
"are children, particularly those from deprived areas, getting a better education
as a result of this school?"
The evidence from New York, from Boston, from Chicago, is that they can and
will. There, new schools set up and run by teachers in the poorest areas have
transformed education standards. Dedicated teachers are getting the poorest
children - children who have been let down in other schools - into college.

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[aprillove20]

Teachers and caregivers can provide models of interactive skills, set patterns for class interaction, and provide help to children who are in the process of acquiring and strengthening social understanding and skills. The purpose of this paper is to describe the many ways that teachers can contribute to young children's social development. One of the main themes throughout this discussion is the importance of teachers speaking to children warmly and directly, using matter-of-fact, straightforward speech.