A comprehensive overview of recent education reforms, with particular focus on their impact on international teaching and research methods, learning, and student outcomes.
Much promise: Successful schools in England
Synopsis
This research, written by the former Head Teacher of Harrow, provides a critical overview of the school system in England and the effectiveness of recent government reforms; he looks at recent research on interventions and discusses how parents and governors can achieve results by focussing on the school curriculum, exam systems and social mobility. He covers technical topics such as comparable outcomes, grade inflation and curriculum review. As well as that, Lenon shares his experience of successful schools that he has visited across the world, providing a number of case studies of successful schools with innovative approaches to teaching and learning.