Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Making a difference to professional practice 2010	National STEM Centre	Education theory	Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
The Place2Be: measuring the effectiveness of a primary school-based therapeutic intervention in England and Scotland August 2009	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Urban charter school study report on 41 regions March 2015	Margaret Raymond	Education theory	Stanford University - Center for Research on Educational Outcomes
Combatting isolation: why coastal schools are failing and how headteachers are turning them around October 2015	Deborah Sutton Craig Avieson, Nadia Paczuska and Phil Humphreys	Education theory	Future Leaders Trust
The impact of ICT in schools: a landscape review May 2026	Professor Rae Condie, Bob Munro and Liz Seagraves	Education theory	Strathclyde University - Quality in Education Centre
Arts education in secondary schools: effects and effectiveness 2000	Multiple	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
A rising tide: the competitive benefits of free schools 2015	Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter	Education theory View all	Policy Exchange
How to turn around a failing school: lessons from 160 academies March 2016	Dr Alex Hill and Dr Terry Hill et al.	Education policy Leadership and governance Performance and accountability +3 more	Centre for High Performance
Parenting matters: early years and social mobility August 2011	Chris Peterson	Early years and foundation stage Parental / community engagement Social mobility / closing the gap +2 more	Centre Forum
What is effective schooling? A review of current thought and practice May 2013	Professor Jaap Scheerens	System improvement and collaboration View all	International Baccalaureate Organisation
What works best: evidence-based practices to help improve New South Wales student performance March 2015	Various	Education research International policy Performance and accountability +2 more	New South Wales Government - Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
Examining the impact of later high school start times on the health and academic performance of high school students: a multi-site study February 2014	Doctor Kyla Wahlstrom, et al	Behaviour Parental / community engagement Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	University of Minnesota - Center for Applied Research and Educational Development
The Trials of Evidence Based Education August 2017	Professor Stephen Gorard, Dr Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui	Education research	Routledge
So much reform, so little change; the persistence of failure in urban schools April 2008	Professor Charles M. Payne	Education theory	Harvard Education Publishing Group
How to create kind schools: 12 extraordinary projects making schools happier and helping every child fit in April 2015	Jenny Hulme	Education theory	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The road to character April 2015	David Brooks	Education theory	Random House
Writing: teachers and children at work 1983	Professor Donald H Graves	Education theory	Heinemann
High performance learning January 2016	Professor Deborah Eyre	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +2 more	Routledge
Summerhill: a radical approach to child rearing 1960	Alexander Sutherland Neill	Character and non-cognitive development Education research Education theory +6 more	Hart Publishing
Battle hymn of the tiger teachers: the Michaela way November 2016	Katharine Birbalsingh	Behaviour Education policy Education theory +7 more	John Catt Educational