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schools have more freedom next year, but concerns about fragmentation of the system are real, says Estelle Morris, and schools may be our only hope

the following school year is a big step towards the goal of the governance of the state of charter schools, each with more freedom in their curriculum and income and with no obligation legal work or work with someone beyond their own door.

I have no doubt that most of the leaders of our school use of these freedoms more responsibly, but is concerned about an education system is fragmented and incoherent well-tested and true.

The silver lining in all this is the development of schools, a network of schools working with others to help train and support teachers in their careers. The names of the first 100 of them have been announced. Which is based on training schools and collaborative efforts of the former government, but do so in a bold and imaginative. They are certainly a good thing.

is widely accepted that most schools face to improve and support each other, the irony is that while the government points to this philosophy, many associations of successful schools, these recent years have either been removed or ignored. Special schools networks, creative partnerships, difficult areas of the city: everything depended schools learning from each other, but there are players that were once the scene of Education

These schools have a great responsibility and the government will have to be absolutely sure they get the details. They are the glue that holds only a fragmented system together.

education has never been very effective links between research and practice. Educational research is largely unreformed system. Very little impact on children's learning, and very few teachers use research evidence to inform their teaching. The teaching of the school could change that. Initial training should include how to use research and testing and teaching schools should have a budget for the survey of teachers and researchers.

Second, schools are not a cheap option. Provide £ 50,000 per year for basic expenses does not seem sufficient to do the job. These schools have fundamentally reassess the way they compete and their new responsibilities should not be to the detriment of its main task to teach their own children. If none of these schools teaching never felt I could not continue, leaving a gaping hole in local supply.
Third, there must be a balance between training for all teachers and hope to do that rather than having a choice.