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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bolt, John; Harris, Richard; Lichman, Keith; Mansfield, Melian; Martin, Paul; Pennell, Imogen – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2013
The purpose of "A Better Future for our Schools" is to contribute to the debate about what a new government after 2015 should seek to achieve. It identifies 10 areas where current policies are clearly inadequate and damaging and identifies a range of actions to address each area. The manifesto is the outcome of debates organised by the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Position Papers, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Mansfield, Melian – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2012
Not content with the response to his offer to outstanding schools to become academies, Michael Gove's next move has been to force schools to become academies. Resistance from parents and the local community has made no difference. This article explains what happened in Haringey and how undemocratic the whole process has been.
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Public Schools, School Based Management, Educational Change
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Mansfield, Melian – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
Every school community is made up of several key partners, each of whom has a significant role in relation to the children. These are parents--who are their children's first educators, staff--all staff, the local community, the local authority and the governing body which represents all of these and is ultimately responsible for the school. All…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Role, Public Officials, Organizational Communication