Author: Jack Marwood

Do you think teachers are lazy bums? That most teachers secure permanent positions and then swan about ineffectively until they retire? That far too many are so bad at their jobs that the children they teach fail to learn? That lazy bums can and should be identified by testing children’s progress relentlessly as they progress […]

Research: School Improvement in London: A global perspective Publisher: CfBt Amidst all the doom and gloom and manufactured crisis narratives in education, there are some small but remarkable good news stories. One is the steady improvement in GCSE passes in England. Admittedly, much of this is likely to be as a result of schools finding […]

As we move into an increasingly numerical future, many areas of public life – including much of the world of education — appear to be defined by numbers. This short history of the rise of data in education systems reveals some surprises. It’s a punchy read, if squarely aimed at academic readers, and its dry […]