What Makes a Good School? - Bonnor, Chris; Caro, Jane
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School choice has become one of the most agonizing issues of parenthood; while schools boast of unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers, and stellar academic achievement, parents wonder whether the marketing hype is actually true. Drawing on the authors' experiences and knowledge--one as a school principal and both as parents and advocates--this account compares public, Catholic, private, selective, and comprehensive schools and examines how well each responds to the recurring crises in the lives of Australian children. Offering clear-eyed advice to policymakers as well as parents, this book…mehr

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School choice has become one of the most agonizing issues of parenthood; while schools boast of unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers, and stellar academic achievement, parents wonder whether the marketing hype is actually true. Drawing on the authors' experiences and knowledge--one as a school principal and both as parents and advocates--this account compares public, Catholic, private, selective, and comprehensive schools and examines how well each responds to the recurring crises in the lives of Australian children. Offering clear-eyed advice to policymakers as well as parents, this book argues that schools must be a good fit for the students, the parents, and for the nation.
Autorenporträt
Chris Bonnor is a contributing author with the Centre for Policy Development on More Than Luck: Ideas Australia Needs Now. He is also a former high school principal and a former president of the New South Wales Secondary Principals Council. Jane Caro is a social commentator, a columnist, a workshop facilitator, a broadcaster, and an award-winning advertising writer. She is the founder of a communications consultancy and she lectures in advertising at the University of Western Sydney. She is also the coauthor of The F Word and, with Chris Bonnor, the coauthor of The Stupid Country.