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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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Hammersley-Fletcher, Linda; Lowe, Michelle – Management in Education, 2011
Educational performance has become a global focus of attention in the attempt to demonstrate a competitive edge (Ball, 2007; Bottery, 2000) leading to a drive for greater accountability and control over teachers work (Ball, 2007). A recent policy development in England, "Workforce Remodelling" (DfES, 2003), has impacted upon the role of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Teaching Assistants, Elementary Education
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Lowe, Michelle; Pugh, Jim – Management in Education, 2007
During May 2006 a group of teaching assistants were asked a series of questions about their opinions of morality, power and leadership to inform a conference on this topic funded by the three bodies involved in educational leadership (BELMAS, BERA and SCRELM). This article investigates how teaching assistants perceive the location of power within…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Attitudes, Moral Values, Individual Power
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Hammersley-Fletcher, Linda; Lowe, Michelle – Management in Education, 2006
This article reports early findings from research commissioned by Staffordshire Local Authority that examines workforce remodelling in schools. As Collarbone (2004) states, workforce remodelling is at the heart of the government's change agenda in maintained schools. It is presented as a tool that will enable schools to think both creatively and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Teaching Methods, Employment