"Academy status is no magic potion to transform schools.
It was, indeed, the coalition's most obvious accomplishment.Every government is determined to transform schools, and almost every government fails.
Instead of proposing a bold, game-changing plan to transform schools for the 21st century, they remain stubbornly fixed on the status quo.
I've helped create compassionate school communities over decades; my experience complements the overwhelming evidence — to prevent bullying, we need to transform school cultures and teach students how to support one another.
Spreading good ideas could do more to transform schools than simply scattering money around, argues the group's founder, Sharath Jeevan.Some 500,000 of India's 1.4m schools, with around 300m students, are private.
After the Pakistan quake, he joined a growing international coalition of engineers, safety and community activists, earthquake experts and disaster agency officials trying to transform schools from death traps into havens when disaster strikes.
In the 15 years since white supremacist rule ended in South Africa, the governing party, the African National Congress, has put in place numerous policies to transform schools into engines of opportunity.
Mary Bousted, leader of the ATL teachers' union, said the report showed: "Academy status is no magic potion to transform schools".
E-Science has the potential to transform school science by enabling learners, teachers and research scientists to engage together in authentic scientific enquiry, collaboration and learning.
