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Engaging schools: Yewlands Technology College, Sheffield
This month we've been running an engaging schools blog series, sharing shocking statistics on disengagement, talking about what it takes to be an engaging school, what sort of culture, what values are needed. But what do schools that engage students look like in practice? We've worked with several schools that are doing a great job of engaging students and some of these will be sharing their learning at our Engaging School conferences (see below for more details). First up it's Yewlands Technology College.
This is not the standard story of school turnaround. Conventional...
Engaging schools: Cramlington Learning Village
This month we've been running an engaging schools blog series, sharing shocking statistics on disengagement, talking about what it takes to be an engaging school, what sort of culture, what values are needed. But what do schools that engage students look like in practice? We've worked with several schools that are doing a great job of engaging students and some of these will be sharing their learning at our Engaging School conferences (see below for more details).
Cramlington Learning Village is a Comprehensive School in the North East of England. It has been graded 'outstanding' in...
Is High Tech High the most innovative school in the US?
When Larry Rosenstock and Ted Sizer were contemplating the blueprint for the first High Tech High school ten years ago, they debated the measure by which they would want to be judged. They asked themselves: why does it seem impossible for all children in a mixed community to go to University? They decided University admission would be the test by which they would judge their new school. High Tech High went on to pass with flying colours: since the first school opened, 99.5% of students have gone to University. Examined in detail, the figures are even more remarkable: 55% of students are...
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