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Finding the X-Factor: Top 10 tips to head teacher recruitment.
Useful information on recruiting head teachers.
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Does the Head of a school have to be a qualified teacher?
Jon Sheridan reflects on 'the big question' that divides the education community, "Does the Head of a school have to be a qualified teacher?"
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Get Ahead In The Market Place - OECD criticises waste in education spending.
Much of the global boom in spending on schools has been wasted by Governments who have poured money into unreformed education systems, was reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Wastage is so great that the results currently achieved by the world�s pupils could be achieved with 30 percent less finance if better teaching techniques were introduced and more efficient ways of running schools developed. On the other hand, if resource levels were maintained, education systems could improve their results by 22 percent if all education institutions performed at the same level of efficiency as the world�s most efficient schools.
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