Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,17 Jun 1996,14 mins

Helping Failing Schools

The Learning World

Available for over a year

Nearly 200 schools have been identified as 'failing.' Faced with such problems, how do schools recover? Professor Michael Barber of the Institute of Education explains how weak schools can bounce back. Also on the programme: How poor language skills are losing British companies business. Plus, the lessons parents can teach each other about rearing a child.

Programme Website
More episodes