‘Nowhere that fits’: the dilemmas of school choice for parents of children with Statements of special educational needs (SEN) in England

Giving parents a choice with regard to their children's education has been central to the political discourse of school reform at least since the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA). With regard to children with a Statement of special educational needs (SSEN), a plethora of policies and laws have given parents the right not only to choose a school, but also to appeal to decisions in the best interest of their children. Yet, despite the discourse of school choice, the implementation and practice of such reforms is neither assured nor simple. Participants in this study indicated that they have little choice of suitable provision and are having to compromise either the academic or the social aspects of their child's schooling. This article argues that for many parents whose children have a Statement of SEN, the choice of a school is often a dilemma, as ‘nowhere seems to fit’.     

Change management and the SENCo role: developing key performance indicators in the strategic development of inclusivity

This article follows an earlier publication highlighting the changing role of special educational needs co‐ordinators (SENCos) in England. SENCos are now required to manage change strategically and deliver inclusive school cultures. School‐based action research undertaken by a teacher studying for the postgraduate National Award for SEN Co‐ordination (NASENCO) is featured in the article; a strategic review of resource allocation increased the availability and quality of interventions for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The commentary which frames the study acknowledges that many SENCos are not yet members of a senior school management team (SMT) despite their mandated strategic whole‐school remit. Featuring the process through which one SENCo has strived to enhance SEND provision and develop context‐specific key performance indicators brings official guidance on the SENCo's role in strategic change management into sharp focus, raising questions that should concern both SMTs and non‐SMT SENCos.     

To Unclog the Arcane with the Technical

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Assessment in special schools: national early assessment procedures and pupils attending special schools in England

An implicit assumption that fostering inclusion means having shared systems encompassing the needs of all children is evident in many aspects of policy development over the past decade. Reflecting this, the implementation of ‘baseline assessment’ schemes (i.e. testing at around age 5 years) is a statutory requirement on all state-maintained special and mainstream schools in England since 1998. Our argument is that the enthusiasm for commonality has obscured the need to question the value and validity of baseline assessment schemes for children with special educational needs (and possibly some others such as children having English as an additional language). We illustrate this position with reference to data from our recent study on baseline assessment in England. The study encompassed survey data from a national sample of 982 schools, of which 107 were special schools. Between them, these special schools used 42 different baseline assessment schemes. Comparisons between our mainstream and special school respondents indicated that there were similarities in the nature and perceived value of the schemes used. However, special schools were less satisfied with their schemes. We suggest that a reappraisal of the nature and purpose of baseline assessment for pupils with special educational needs warrants greater critical debate. Without this, there is a danger that a stress on commonality, veiling an inclusion orthodoxy, will ultimately be counterproductive.     

高等学校国有资产财务管理的构建

文章分析了高等学校国有资产财务管理中存在的问题，探讨了加强高等学校国有资产财务管理的若干措施，认为应加强信贷资金构建资产的过程管理，完善负债资金核算方法，加强高等学校非经营性资产转为经营性资产的财务管理等等。     

高校图书馆建设地方特色文献数据库的思考

论述了高校图书馆创建地方特色献数据库的意义、必要性、可行性及及创建方法。     

试论高校学报的变革与编辑素质

高校学报作为学术交流、技术推广、信息服务的渠道，对推动我国教育事业及学术事业的发展起到了不可低估的作用。但随着市经济体制的逐步建立及各级高校的全方位变革，高校学报也面临着除弊革新的现实，其中，正确定位、办出特色及改变传统办刊模式中存在的弊端应成为高校学报变革的两个重要方面。同时，高校学报的变革对作为学报主体的编辑素质也提出了全新的要求。     

Overqualified: Changing the Culture of Hiring Practices in a Public Library Special Collections Department

All too often, applicants for low level paraprofessional positions in libraries are passed over or rejected, not because they are not qualified, but because they have professional experience or advanced degrees. The rationale behind these decisions is that the overqualified staff member in a low level position will continue to look for a better position more aligned with their skills, experience, and education; and when they find another job they will leave and their positions will have to be filled again. This essay argues that this reasoning is flawed and, regardless of the perceived inconvenience, library managers and administrators should want the best and the brightest working in all levels of their library.     

试析入世过渡期结束后国有专业外贸公司的发展问题

我国入世过渡期结束、外贸经营权放开以后，以前为国有专业外贸公司提供货源的厂家获得外贸出口权，国有专业外贸公司面临失去货源和客户的风险。为此，90年代后半期以后不少专业外贸公司纷纷向实业化转型。该文根据有关经济学理论对此问题进行了探讨，并对今后国有专业外贸公司的发展问题提出了自己的建议。     

移动图书馆服务平台的改进需求识别

[目的/意义] 移动图书馆服务平台的改进需求识别对于进一步完善移动图书馆服务,提高用户满意度有重要意义。[方法/过程] 依托扎根理论,利用Nvivo软件对移动图书馆用户开放性调查所获取的文本数据进行分析,通过编码表达其数量特征和内容特征。[结果/结论] 移动图书馆服务平台的改进需求涉及“功能改进需求”“技术改进需求”和“用户关怀改进需求”3个主范畴,其中“功能改进需求”参考点最多。从子范畴来看,“功能丰富性”“功能适用性”“用户体验提升”最为受到用户的关注。利用10个树状节点、36个自由节点构成移动图书馆服务平台改进需求的结构体系。