ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book looks at three main themes: school and teacher accountability for the educational experiences they offer; the tension between individual rights and collective rights in social policy; and the ideology of co-operation between parents and teachers in the school experience of individual children. It explains about the likely direction of parental involvement in schools in the future. The book suggests that parents as managers and partners probably hold out greater prospects for school improvement than parents as customers. It reports some experiments in home-school partnerships are now under way in various parts of Britain. Popular schools might become complacent, unwilling to reflect critically on the educational experience they are offering children, as long as they continue to attract customers. Relationships among teachers in the same school can also be affected by national policy.
