Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on the authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Setting the scene
- 3 Tests, tests, tests
- 4 Schooling that works for some but not for others
- 5 Teachers making less of a difference
- 6 Mistake #1: turning to the market
- 7 Mistake #2: letting test scores drive policy
- 8 Mistake #3: over-prescribing teachers’ work
- 9 Mistake #4: misunderstanding educational inequalities
- 10 Mistake #5: leaving education out of education policy making
- 11 Synthetic phonics: a ‘perfect storm’ of policy mistakes
- 12 There are alternatives
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on the authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Setting the scene
- 3 Tests, tests, tests
- 4 Schooling that works for some but not for others
- 5 Teachers making less of a difference
- 6 Mistake #1: turning to the market
- 7 Mistake #2: letting test scores drive policy
- 8 Mistake #3: over-prescribing teachers’ work
- 9 Mistake #4: misunderstanding educational inequalities
- 10 Mistake #5: leaving education out of education policy making
- 11 Synthetic phonics: a ‘perfect storm’ of policy mistakes
- 12 There are alternatives
- References
- Index
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- Great Mistakes in Education PolicyAnd How to Avoid Them in the Future, pp. i - iiPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2021