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Partners in Learning - Lewisham
Written by Graham Brown-Martin on Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Handheld LearningI was recently invited to attend the final workshop of some impressive work conducted in my home borough of Lewisham that was part of the Black Pupils Achievement Programme (BPAP). Since last November mobile technology was introduced into the scheme to explore family learning and access.

BPAP is a scheme that was introduced in October 2005 by Andrew Adonis, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Schools and Learners, aimed to increase success among Black pupils through a tailored leadership and management strategy intended to boost effective teaching and learning, tackle poor behaviour and bullying, introduce mentoring and increase involvement of parents.

The Lewisham BPAP has been regarded as one of the most innovative local responses to this national strategy where 160  pupils from 10 schools in the authority have been tracked through the past 3 years in secondary education leading to their GCSE’s. In most schools pupils are attaining above their school and local authority average for all pupils

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