Learning at home and at school

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Janet Atkin

The development of closer teacher-parent relationships has been a marked feature of primary education during the past two decades. Janet Atkin and Jackie Goode argue that these relationships need to be redefined ‘so that the strengths of the home and parental attention can be harnessed alongside the strengths of the school to widen opportunities and provide skills and facilities the home cannot’. The article makes easy but uncomfortable reading.