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Archive for September, 2009
The Appropriate Relationship between staff and pupils in cyberspace
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by ICT Strategy Group, under Briefings from ISC's ICT Strategy Group, NewsTraditional, established and agreed boundaries between staff and pupils are being blurred by the way in which Social Networking Sites operate.
What do you need to know
- Social Networking Sites [e.g. www.Facebook.com facilitate the sharing of up-to-date personal
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Why Schools are Charities
Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Matthew Burgess, under Politics, Private Schools, Private Schools and Charitable Status, Public AffairsMost of us will have opinions about independent schools. It’s also very likely that we think we know what charity means. Put together these two preconceptions, and it’s easy to see why there is such a spectrum of views about whether schools…