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What Makes a Good School?

By Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro
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What Makes a Good School? explores the complex realities behind school reputation and performance. Authors Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro draw on their experience as educators and parents to provide practical guidance for families navigating school choice. The book examines different types of schools—public, Catholic, private, selective, comprehensive—cutting through myths and marketing to reveal what really matters. It offers insight into assessing schools, interpreting test results like NAPLAN, and using tools such as the My School website, all within the context of current Australian educational debates.
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Ideal for parents facing the challenge of choosing a school, educators interested in school quality, and anyone seeking a clear, balanced understanding of the factors that contribute to a good schooling experience.

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What Makes a Good School? will help you to cover all bases.

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How much of what you hear about schools can you trust? Can you believe the marketing hype about unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers, and stellar academic achievement? Do you listen to neighbourhood gossip about your local school? Are government statistics the answer? School choice has become one of the most agonising issues of parenthood.

Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro have no magic formula, and agree that complex factors come together to make a good school. But drawing on their own experiences and knowledge as school principal, parents, and advocates, they give parents the tools to do homework about schools themselves. They compare talk about schools—public, Catholic, private, selective, comprehensive—against the reality.

They examine how good schools respond to the recurring crises in the lives of kids. They help navigate NAPLAN tests and the My School website. And they place their analysis squarely in the middle of the national discussion about education. Schools have to be good for students, for parents, and for the nation. What Makes a Good School? will help you to cover all bases.

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ISBN: 9781742233291

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 256

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Chris Bonnor Education & Reference Jane Caro Non-Fiction

About the Author

**Jane Caro** is an award-winning advertising writer with 25 years experience. She also writes on educational and other issues for a range of publications, and is a regular commentator on radio. **Chris Bonnor AM** is an education writer and consultant with wide experience in teaching and school leadership. His interests and research have spanned geography, gender education and education systems and he has presented at many conferences in Australia and overseas. Chris is the author of ten geography textbooks, is a member of the Australian College of Educators and was most recently was the president of the NSW Secondary Principals Council.

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