I came across the concept of a social return on investment last summer when Jim Honan explained the Program Logic Model. The model seeks to find a way in which public services can actually have a greater impact by … Continue reading
Continuing on the theme of outcome agreements I’ve been working with colleagues over the last few weeks to try to put some meat on the bones of what this might look like. It was interesting to read what the … Continue reading
We are about to enter a brave new world in relation to local governn ment funding with the introduction of Local Outcome Agreements (LOAs). An LOA changes the way in which money is released to Local Authorities by the … Continue reading
I’ve been doing some more work on how we might make use of outcome agreements with schools. I’ve looked at the logic of this in some earlier posts but it’s only by experimenting with actual outcomes that we can start to see … Continue reading
The Educational Institute for Scotland (EIS) – the biggest teaching union in the Scotland have issued a number of press releases over the holiday period. The last of these was entitled League Table approach and too much Testing remains … Continue reading
The concordat agreed by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish Government sets out how funding and outcome agreements will operate over the next three years. The document is worth reading on a number of counts but it’s the … Continue reading
I’m just back from the Association of Directors of Education Scotland (ADES) annual conference which was held in Aviemore. Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for Education and Lifelong Learning, was speaking and was stressing the importance of everyone … Continue reading
Here are all my posts relating to Community Ownership of Schools since August 2006 up to November 2009. Do I add value? August 19th, 2006 by Don Ledingham Over the summer holidays I found myself thinking fondly of my time … Continue reading
East Lothian’s Validated Self Evaluation report was published by HMIE this week. A full explanation of the process and its rationale appear in the report. We were delighted to have been invited to work in partnership with HMIE to develop … Continue reading
Diagram – University of Wisconsin Back in July 2006 I listened to Jim Honan give a fascinating talk on “Change that Leads to Improvement”. The very title provokes interest as we sometimes assume that any change leads to improvement, whereas … Continue reading