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Direct linkSimmons, Robin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
This paper revisits the Macfarlane Report of 1980, the first draft of which recommended the dissolution of school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and other providers of post-compulsory education and training, and the establishment of a national system of tertiary colleges across England -- a programme of reform which would effectively have…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Comprehensive Programs, Foreign Countries
Mitchell, Peter – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
It is 25 years since the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was abolished and management of education in central London transferred to 13 London boroughs. The author reflects on the experience of being an ex-ILEA head teacher, and of managing one of the new local education authorities in the immediate post-ILEA period. He begins by commenting…
Descriptors: Reflection, School District Reorganization, Local Government, Organizational Change
Fletcher, Edward Charles, Jr.; Cox, E. Daniel – High School Journal, 2012
Despite the historical mission of career academies to expand opportunities and engagement of minority students, particularly African American students, more recent curricular changes in the career academy model have increased the rigor of these types of programs. These new initiatives have undoubtedly resulted in a demographic shift with more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, African American Students, Minority Group Students, School Activities
Trask, Bahira Sherif; Taliaferro, Jocelyn D.; Wilder, Margaret; Jabbar-Bey, Raheemah – Journal of Family Social Work, 2005
The results of a qualitative study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation indicate that a promising path to improving the lives of disadvantaged families is through more holistic, comprehensive approaches to family support. These approaches combine traditional family support activities with the development of human and economic capital. The…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Family Programs, Comprehensive Programs, Children
