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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: greenspirit who wrote (25157)10/3/1998 7:30:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Perhaps you haven't heard of this method.

Taking Education Seriously:

A Reform Program for Australia's Schools
Author:
Ken Gannicott
CIS Item Number:
PM38
Pages:
190
Details:
Australia's schools are much criticised by students, parents and employers. Despite significant increases in educational expenditure, satisfaction with performance has declined.
Governments have responded to this discontent with a range of
reforms. Taking Education Seriously explains why these reforms have failed to end criticism of the education system.
This is because they do not deal with the fundamental problem that the education system is dominated by its producers
rather than its consumers. So long as the supply of schools is
limited by government regulation, there are major constraints on school diversity and competition.

Taking Education Seriously proposes a reform program that
does deal with education's fundamental problems. Its major
recommendation is that charter schools be established. Charter
schools are still public schools, funded by government. The
difference is that they can be established by people outside the
existing public sector - by parents, by teachers, by community
organisations or other groups. The operators of charter schools
would sign a performance contract with and educational
authority, but would otherwise be free of most regulation. With
a charter school system, all parents could choose the school
that best suited their children.
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