The Guardian – Sir Cary Cooper
“Many years ago I was asked by the teachers’ union NASUWT to conduct a national study on teacher stress, given the high numbers leaving from burnout. At that time, like now, schools were political footballs, where successive governments would introduce major disruptive change, sometimes just for the sake of it. Today we still have governments imposing their political philosophy on education and tinkering with the structure and curriculum of schools. In a parliamentary democracy, where education is primarily state funded, that is unlikely ever to end – even with the ideal academy-type structure. So how can schools perform effectively under huge pressure from central and local government, parents and the community? How do we create high-performing workplaces?.”(more)