Ask most parents what they want from a school and the first answers are familiar: good results, strong teaching, a place their child feels happy. That last point does a lot of quiet work, and it has a name. It’s called pastoral care, and once you understand what it covers, you start to see it …
Ask ten parents about homework and you’ll likely get ten different answers. Some see it as essential practice; others watch the after-school battles and wonder whether it does more harm than good. The research, it turns out, is more nuanced than either camp suggests. Here are the questions parents ask most often, with honest answers. …
