Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
What’s in a name? Expectations, heuristics and choice during a period of radical school reform April 2017	Professor Marco Bertoni, Professor Stephen Gibbons and Doctor Olmo Silva	Education policy View all	Centre for Economic Performance
Much promise: Successful schools in England April 2017	Barnaby Lenon	Education policy	John Catt
Research and policy in education evidence, ideology and impact February 2016	Professor Geoff Whitty, et al.	Education policy Education research Education theory +3 more	University College London - Centre for Longitudinal Studies
Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review October 2009	Professor Robin Alexander	Assessment Early years and foundation stage Education policy +3 more	Routledge
Does the gender of a teacher really matter? 7 - 8-year-olds' accounts of their interactions with their teachers November 2007	Professor Bruce Carrington and Professor Becky Francis, et al	Education policy Education research International policy +4 more	Routledge
The knowledge deficit: closing the shocking education gap for American children January 2006	Dr Eric D Hirsch, Jr	Curriculum planning Curriculum/subject related Education policy +4 more	Mariner Books
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants 2013	Malcolm Gladwell	Education policy Using education research View all	Allen Lane
Education is upside-down: reframing reform to focus on the right problems October 2014	Eric Kalenze	Education policy Education theory Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Rowman and Littlefield
Why knowledge matters: rescuing our children from failed educational theories September 2016	Dr Eric D. Hirsch, Jr	Curriculum planning Education policy Education research +4 more	Harvard Education Publishing Group
Battle hymn of the tiger teachers: the Michaela way November 2016	Katharine Birbalsingh	Behaviour Education policy Education theory +7 more	John Catt Educational