By John Craig and Catherine FieschiThis report from DEMOS explores what kind of teacher professionalism we need in order to provide the best for children and it seeks to shed light on the stress and sense of diminished professionalism that teachers across the education system report. It aims to empower both teachers and others within the education system to better understand and influence some of the forces that shape their professionalism.
CONSUMER WATCHDOG CAUTIONS ENTHUSIASM FOR THIRD SECTOR
An in depth study of the third sector delivery of public services by the National Consumer Council found that this approach may not always be the best for consumers. The NCC report ‘Delivering public services: Service users’ experiences of the third sector’, unpicks what tenants, older people and job seekers think about their services.
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MINISTER WANTS VIEWS ON DELIVERING HOUSING AND REGENERATION
Communities and local government minister Ruth Kelly has published a consultation document on meeting the future housing need. It calls for views on the roles and responsibilities of the new housing body, Communities England, and for suggestions on how it might operate. The document seeks feedback on the vision and scope of Communities England including the key ambition to make homes sustainable as well as affordable.
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This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. An Expert Forum reviews progress and outcomes that have been achieved to date and looks at how Councils and their partner agencies across the sectors are addressing the many challenges that exist in successful partnership management and joint working.The panel examine the progress achieved by a variety of Strategic Partnerships and Area Agreements and describe their approaches and experiences in partnership working, the governance and performance management of partnerships and how practical joint working can function at an operational level. They also discuss their local initiatives, the successful outcomes being achieved and the challenges being met.
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CLIMATE CHANGE DECLARATION FOR THIRD SECTOR LAUNCHED
Voluntary organisations, charities, and social enterprises have been urged by Ministers to sign up to a climate change declaration that commits them to a positive response. It is expected that thousands of organisations will sign up and improve energy efficiency in their own operations and then mobilise millions of people in the fight against climate change.
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GREEN ELECTRICTY DEAL FOR PUBLIC SECTOR
A deal to provide green electricity negotiated by the Office of Government Commerce with EdF Energy will help central and local government to achieve their sustainability targets and also cut fuel bills. Under the deal buying green energy will be no more expensive than buying “brown”, non-renewable, energy and paying the associated climate change levy.
The Commission for Racial Equality has responded to the growth in immigration and the changed map of diversity in Britain with this report. It describes how areas where immigrants have traditionally settled have become more diverse than ever, while areas that had previously not known much immigration have received relatively large numbers of newcomers.The findings of the report point to a number of worrying trends influencing both the reception of new migrants across different parts of the UK and the capacity of local authorities to promote integration amid increasing diversity. Misperceptions and misinformation lie at the heart of how new migrants are received, with the media playing a key role in filling what is often a vacuum of accurate information on the dynamics of social change at the local level. These misperceptions are largely forged along the fault lines of race, ethnicity and religion, with white migrants in England reporting a broadly more positive reception than non-white migrants.
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STUDY SHOWS EDUCATION ALLOWANCE IS EASING PRESSURE ON PARENTS
New figures show the Education Maintenance Allowance is making young people less financially dependent on their parents. The research from the Learning and Skills Council shows that since the introduction of the Allowance across England in 2004, financial pressure on parents has reduced.
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SHARED SERVICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SET TO SAVE SCOTLAND MILLIONS
Local authority leaders in Scotland have welcomed the Scottish Executive’s approval for five projects implementing shared services for local government, which will release 2.1 million pounds from the Efficiency and Reform Fund. COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said the schemes would lead to millions of pounds in savings for councils.
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Playing for Success is a national initiative established in 1997 by the Department for Education and Skills in partnership with the Football Association Premier League and their clubs, and local authorities. The scheme focuses on underachieving young people, mainly in Years 6 to 9, and places a strong emphasis on improving pupils’ attitudes and motivation to learn. Centres are managed by experienced teachers.This report from the National Foundation for Education Research details progress in 2006/07. The results have shown clear evidence of significant improvements, especially in numeracy and information and communications technology. In Key Stage 4, pupils who had attended PfS made greater progress in maths when compared to similar pupils that did not attend. The difference was equivalent to one in seven PfS pupils attaining one higher grade in maths GCSE than expected. PfS pupils also made greater progress overall at GCSE, in terms of the average GCSE score. One in ten PfS pupils attained one grade higher than expected in all subjects they took.
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