By Brian Caldwell and Jim Spinks
Two authors, a professor, who is a noted author and presenter,
and an outstanding school leader, now a valued consultant, have
together produced two pamphlets that explore the principles of
resourcing schools to meet the demands of education now and in the
future.
Brian Caldwell
and Jim Spinks are
well known to many educational leaders as joint authors of four
previous publications on international educational reform, notably
through their series on the self-managing school.
Principles
As Professor Brian Caldwell, former Dean of Education at
Melbourne University, writes: ‘no reform in education can succeed
without appropriate resources.’ His pamphlet outlines the
underlying principles. He describes ‘next practice’ – what schools
and educational systems will need to do differently; best practice
and the enduring principles for resourcing education.
Models - planning for personalising learning
In the second of these pamphlets Jim Spinks, an Australian
school leader for 27 years who is now consulted by schools and
education authorities around the world, illustrates models for
allocating resources to and within schools.