Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong.
The authors draw on extensive research in education to review the impact of multiple policies on students, teachers and schools, with a focus on communities where children and young people need education most. They issue a fundamental challenge to the policy orthodoxies of recent decades and set out a blueprint for making education both better and fairer.
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Introduction
Setting the scene
Tests, tests, tests
Schooling that works for some but not for others
Teachers making less of a difference
Mistake #1: turning to the market
Mistake #2: letting test scores drive policy
Mistake #3: over-prescribing teachers’ work
Mistake #4: misunderstanding educational inequalities
Mistake #5: leaving education out of education policy making
Synthetic phonics: a ‘perfect storm’ of policy mistakes
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Sobre el autor
Debra Hayes is Professor of Education and Equity and Head of School at Sydney School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney. Her research investigates inequitable effects of schooling in high poverty and difference contexts.
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