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THE ESSENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR EVERY MODERN PARENT In the last three years the government has changed pretty much every aspect of state education - the admissions process, the national curriculum, exams and assessments, the approach towards Special Needs, the whole attitude to children's general wellbeing. Working the System provides up to date answers to all your questions as a concerned parent. It includes tips and advice on everything from selecting the right school to helping your child make the right choices at GCSE and keeping them happy and motivated; and is packed with informative case studies - such as "What could I have done to get more support for my son's dyspraxia?" / "Can I do a Tony Blair and avoid sending my child to the local sink school?" Written by an experienced teacher who has taught in the state sector for twenty years and who has established a reputation as a voice of candour and clarity in the world of modern educational doublespeak, Working the System is the new school rules, warts and all. This highly readable guide will help you navigate all the key elements of state school education to get the very best out of the system for your particular child.
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Francis Gilbert has taught in a variety of comprehensives in London, and currently teaches English part-time at a comprehensive. His previous books have included bestselling I'm A Teacher, Get Me Out Of Here (2004), Teacher On The Run (2005), Yob Nation (2006), and Parent Power (2008). He lives in east London with his wife and son. All his pupils think his coolest appearance was on the Russell Brand show.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is a really insightful and well-researched - I would definitely recommend this book to all parents worrying and stressing about the state eduction today.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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If like me you have been totally confused by the state system and getting the right school for your child, read this book! I saw the author on BBC Breakfast and went straight out to get it. I am a supporter of the state system, but having just failed to get my son into our first choice of school - all I can say if that I've read the first three chapters of this book and its a real eye-opener. A must for all parents of school-age children.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Although there were some interesting and helpful thoughts on the state system and how to play it, I found myself becoming more and more irritated with the blatent political bias the author showed throughout the book. I have no political affiliation and I do not vote for any one party, but the constant attacking of the Government of the time became tedious.
To read this book, you'd think that all the serious education problems we face in schools today started on that night in 1997 when the electorate voted in a Labour Government. Of course, they didn't. The kind of problems we see today took many decades of deterioration to produce. Those league tables, SATS and constantly changing education initiatives he deplores actually predated the Labour Government.
The author even manages to get in a few snide comments about some of the Labour Government.
I have news for the author. I was educated in the 1980s. Violence was alive and well in our comprehensives, I do assure him. Children were expelled and suspended for physically threatening and assaulting teachers, severe bullying, vandalism - all those things he mentions in his book.
If he is going to write a factual guide to the State system, then he needs to KEEP it factual and to suspend his own political agenda.
To read this book, you'd think that all the serious education problems we face in schools today started on that night in 1997 when the electorate voted in a Labour Government. Of course, they didn't. The kind of problems we see today took many decades of deterioration to produce. Those league tables, SATS and constantly changing education initiatives he deplores actually predated the Labour Government.
The author even manages to get in a few snide comments about some of the Labour Government.
I have news for the author. I was educated in the 1980s. Violence was alive and well in our comprehensives, I do assure him. Children were expelled and suspended for physically threatening and assaulting teachers, severe bullying, vandalism - all those things he mentions in his book.
If he is going to write a factual guide to the State system, then he needs to KEEP it factual and to suspend his own political agenda.
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