Campaign for Learning
A powerful picture of how schools today are working to improve learning.
Review
'Every ambitious teacher should read it.' Daily Telegraph 'This is a book that needed to be written...Here is a crystal clear account of the ingredients that the authors believe are needed to create great schools, not just from those that many have been merely good but from those that were underperforming or worse.' Times Educational Supplement 'A powerful picture of how schools today are working to improve learning.' Campaign for Learning 'The book all school leaders have been waiting for. Anybody who wants to know how outstanding heads have made the difference will not want to put it down.' David Hart, General Secretary, National Association of Headteachers 'Cyril Taylor and Conor Ryan have provided an invaluable and practical insight into how schools across the country have improved the life chances of thousands of young people. School leaders, governors, parents and policymakers will find it both readable and enlightening.' Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
Product Description
A thorough examination of the characteristics` belonging to a high-performing school, this book is written by the Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust and the education advisor to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. It draws on numerous case studies of successful schools, as well as showing how previously failing schools have been turned around. Looking at such areas as leadership, staffing, target-setting, discipline and order, curriculum innovation and individual learning, the book offers a blueprint to head teachers and others trying to develop excellent schools.
About the Author
Cyril Taylor is Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust; Conor Ryan education advisor to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
