Description

During discussions at NALDIC Publications committee just over 18 months ago, the working title for this edition of NALDIC Quarterly was identified as ‘New ways of Working: The future for EAL’. We had hoped to bring readers an insight into ways of working which, despite uncertainties and constraints, would herald better times ahead. The announcement by the DCSF in March of the Consultation on the future of school funding and the accompanying plans to mainstream the EMA grant have led to a direct focus in this edition on the immediate funding challenges facing the field. As our leading article by Jill Rutter outlines, we need to be involved right now in lobbying for the future we wish for. This edition therefore brings a range of perspectives to bear on the issue of informed planning and future funding.

Contents

Editorial (page 2)
Nicola Davies

View from the Chair (page 3)
Nicola Davies

Policy, Practice and Research

Lobbying for our future (page 5)
Jill Rutter

Deserving or Undeserving?: The Funding Lottery (page 7)
Samidha Garg

The Equality Act 2010, some of the implications for schools (page 10)
Robin Richardson

Consultation on the future distribution of school funding DCSF 2010 (page 13)
NALDIC Briefing and Draft Response

Languages Spoken in the UK and the Teaching of English as an Additional Language: BAAL submission to the Commons Committee on Science and Technology (page 20)
Guy Cook

EAL workforce development strategy (page 22)
David Mallows and Dina Mehmedbegovic

White Working Class: Research Brief (page 25)
Feyisa Demie

NALDIC News (page 26)

Conference Report (page 30)

Book Reviews (page 31)