tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post7719994492098201798..comments2024-02-16T08:32:46.618+00:00Comments on Donald Clark Plan B: Why schools are divisiveDonald Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-41261715244441803962009-08-09T11:04:27.623+00:002009-08-09T11:04:27.623+00:00Paul
There are several things that could be done h...Paul<br />There are several things that could be done here:<br /><br />Share facilities with other schools, especially sports facilities<br /><br />Open facilities to public, namely library, canteen and sports facilities<br /><br />Have year round five term educational timetable to cope with more pupils therefore less buildings/schools<br /><br />Redesign schools around community learning centres and open in evening for teenagers<br /><br />More participation by parents in education<br /><br />Every school should have a shop open to the public selling school related products as well as other goods<br /><br />With a little imagination we could break the back of the 'schools run for teachers not pupils' problemDonald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-17072829886353108742009-08-08T21:06:34.534+00:002009-08-08T21:06:34.534+00:00Donald,
Your comments add additional credence to ...Donald,<br /><br />Your comments add additional credence to a comment you made a couple of years ago regarding the fact that schools are NOT built or run for the benefit of the pupils.<br /><br />The resources within these establishments sit idle for long periods of time, time that could be used to provide additional learning opportunities to our children.<br /><br />Do you consider the vision of a fully inclusive school to be something that is achievable?Paul J. Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-81193166840468039812009-07-06T08:53:42.298+00:002009-07-06T08:53:42.298+00:00Mark
Kids do, of course, meet at school but privat...Mark<br />Kids do, of course, meet at school but private and faith schools separate kids from the rest of the community and contribute to dividing young people.<br /><br />School sports facilities are rarely available to the rest of the community and lie idle for much of the year, neither do they between themselves.<br /><br />Parents don't largely see the school as the focus of the community. It's a place with walls and a gate - they're mostly excluded from its workings and facilities. The occasional school fete is small beer.<br /><br />However, my overall point is that the 'community cohesion' agenda has little to do with the very good things you listed. It's skewed towards yet more diversity administration, when schools are already burdened with so much paperwork on these issues that 'learning' suffers.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077063.post-52751975964065342932009-07-06T05:58:46.511+00:002009-07-06T05:58:46.511+00:00Surely this varies from school to school and commu...Surely this varies from school to school and community to community? <br /><br />Consider our local primary school.<br /><br />The most obvious thing it does for the community (after educating children) is help kids to meet each other. Both our kids developed virtually all their early friends through school.<br /><br />It is the source of many types of events such as organised sports, musical performances, plays, trips. Local parents are often involved helping organise these events and of course attending many of them. <br /><br />It runs a play school which is largely run by local parents.<br /><br />It offers its grounds for local events such as the annual fair.<br /><br />The friends of the school which is run by local parents raises funds by organising community events.<br /><br />It is one of four or five institutions which lie at the heart of the community.<br /><br />I don't suppose all schools are like this. But surely the point is that many more could be?Mark Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117994136165938870noreply@blogger.com