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Local education authority re‐structuring under ERA: Meeting or creating special educational needs?
Author(s) -
MOORE JOHN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1991.tb00200.x
Subject(s) - vanguard , local education authority , structuring , assertion , special needs , public relations , special educational needs , political science , competition (biology) , strategic planning , public administration , sociology , special education , management , law , psychology , economics , computer science , ecology , archaeology , psychiatry , biology , history , programming language
The administrative problems in meeting the requirements of the Education Reform Act are enormous, particularly in the area of special educational needs. Here John Moore describes what he sees as the new type of local education authority (LEA) that must emerge to meet the challenges of the nineties. He states, ‘Vision and participation are key elements of strategic planning’. His authority appears to be in the vanguard of those setting up the structures that will protect pupils with special educational needs from the worst aspects of competition. Administrators in particular will find much of interest in this article. Those on the receiving end will take comfort from the assertion that LEAs are not abandoning their responsibilities.