Sentence examples for view of schools from inspiring English sources

The modern system of education began to take shape in the 1800s when many societies in Europe and North America adapted compulsory education and was strongly influenced by the Protestant view of schools as "correctional institutions" (p. 68).

When she applied to the Ph.D. program at Penn, she wrote in her application essay that her experiences in schools had given her "a distinctly different view of school reform" than the one she started out with in her 20s.

It's a rare achievement to keep such a sympathetic balance between a child's view of schooling and an adult's; rarer still to lend it such wit and warmth.

It is amazing the effect that teaching to the test can have on children, their view of school and learning, and the way they engage with the wider world.

This marks an about-turn from his view of school design, a process from which he sought to remove architects entirely when he was education secretary, accusing them of "creaming off cash" with their fancy plans.

He said: "The right thing for us to do now is to move away from a central view of school improvement through the National Strategies to something that's commissioned by schools themselves – for schools to be in charge of budgets around school improvement.

It was a vision that impressed the Innovation Unit (IU), the respected not-for-profit social enterprise that works with public-sector bodies to improve services, with the way it altered the view of "school" as being confined almost entirely to one building.

Thomas was working towards a level one certificate in motor vehicle studies and expressed his view of school: 'I'm glad they won't have me back; I can't stand the place.

Those in power are single-minded in their view of schooling in the United States as something to help the US attain global economic and military dominance.

Inspectors' views of schools are pitted against those of students and teachers, with inspectors' "singular voice allowed to dominate", says the study, entitled Detoxifying School Accountability.

It then asks students to compare their own views of school with those of the Katine girls; do we view school, education and success in the same ways?