A26 EDUCATION Beyond Privatization The experiment that brought Edison and six other outside managers to run 45 of Philadelphia's schools caused widespread excitement last fall.
When small schools are carved out of larger schools, thousands of students -- often the most at risk -- are transferred into already overcrowded large high schools, causing a net decrease in educational quality citywide and an increase in unsafe conditions.
There appears to be an almost unanimous view that the school inspection must change in favour of a leaner, more targeted inspection regime, concentrated on schools causing concern, and allied to more professional "peer review".
And in the frenzied speculation about why people might want to mimic horrific attacks on children at schools, causing problems for the powerful is believed to be one possible motive.
Wage levels declined relative to those of suburban systems, racial segregation in schools caused by housing patterns and economic stratification increased, and many tenured teachers were accused of ignoring the special needs of minority students.
In fact the majority of schools causing concern in Birmingham are council-run.
The DfE will also update its advice to local authorities on intervening in schools causing concern.
Over the past 18 months, Ofsted carried out 1,500 no-notice inspections of schools causing concern.
Teachers in some unions have forced the closure of schools, causing disruption for parents and carers.
Some pupils are not being given enough food at Powys primary schools causing them to snack and lose concentration in lessons, an assembly member has warned.
The findings suggest that the reform created a dual-based accountability on schools causing higher level of stress in the organisation, and a misalignment on the accountability web between school manager and teachers.
