Cleverlands: The Secrets Behind the Success of the World’s Education Superpowers

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There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” Bedroom 2 features fitted wardrobes, further storage in the eaves and a Velux walk-out balcony window to the rear. Externally the property is accessed over a paved driveway providing off road parking for 3 vehicles with access to the garage. the OECD and had a look at some of the country publications, focusing on what policies seemed to correlate with high performance A well-appointed modern kitchen, with a range of floor and wall mounted units, a central island and breakfast bar, features a range of built-in appliances including a double oven, an induction hob with extractor over and a dishwasher. Double glazed Bifold doors provide access to the patio area and landscaped rear garden.

On returning from her trip, Ms Crehan published a book – Cleverlands – recounting her findings, which was which named one of The Economist’s ‘books of the year’ within a week of its release, and has been described by Professor Dylan Wiliam as “a truly important contribution to educational scholarship”. She spent a year at Education Development Trust as part of a team advising governments on education reform, where she spent several months in Brunei working on a teacher coaching reform programme. She has also been involved in a research project on teacher career structures with IIEP UNESCO, writing a book on the existing literature and theories, and conducting case studies in Scotland and New York. Ms Crehan has advised the UK government as part of a working group on teacher workload, and spoken about her work at conferences in eight countries. She now works as a freelance education consultant and is conducting research for her second book. The property has underfloor heating throughout which is provided by an efficient and economic Air Source heat pump and further benefits from solar assisted hot water. what it actually felt like as a teacher, and how each of those policies interacted in a particular cultural context to affect Bedrooms 3 and 4 are situated to the front of the property and both feature double glazed French doors opening onto a Juliet balcony.

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I will end on something of a lament despite this being a wonderful book to read and review. Throughout the book I couldn’t shake the feeling that for all the former teacher was making a broader, more unique impact on education by undertaking this project, UK classrooms are ever so slightly the poorer each time one of our brightest and most dedicated teachers exits. Cleverlands will provide policymakers with ample food for thought, but perhaps they should concentrate their minds most on why the author felt the need to write it in the first place. top-performing’ education systems. She helped out and observed in schools in Finland, Canada, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand From here lovely walks can be enjoyed onto Summerleaze beach, the coastal paths, with Widemouth Bay to the south and Northcott Mouth to the north. Bude, itself lies along the A39 Atlantic Highway and with Newquay and its interntional airport to the south, and Bideford and Barnstaple to the north.

Based in Bolton, we have earned the reputation as one of the most successful independent schools in the Greater Manchester area. The ground floor also features a handy wet room, with walk in shower, toilet and handbasin and a neighbouring boiler room which houses the hot water cylinder, the solar panel controls, the underfloor heating manifold, and also provides further useful storage space. A spacious, well presented, 5 bedroom (1 en-suite) detached property with landscaped gardens, integral garage and ample driveway parking. This superb family home features an Air Source heating system with underfloor heating, solar assisted hot water and a west facing balcony off the master bedroom. However, that doesn’t mean there is nothing we can learn from other countries education systems, or indeed this book. The second most striking thing is the importance of professional knowledge and expertise, particularly around support for students with specific or individual learning needs. Good intentions are no substitute for expertise. Finally, and perhaps indirectly linked to my first point, is what might be termed the concept of ‘shadow education’. Theoretically, PISA compares national education provision, much like in this country we compare schools and regions against each other. Yet, in Singapore students use tutors to get ahead, in Japan they have Juku or ‘cramming schools, in Korea it is the Hagwon. Similarly 42% of London children have received paid tutoring – which I can assure you this is not the case in Wigan. So, if so much learning goes on externally of the school environment, how can we fairly compare schools/systems against each other? Cleverlands is essentially the story of one teacher’s journey across five high performing education systems. Fuelled on curiosity – and perhaps no little frustration deriving from her time teaching in the UK state system – Lucy Crehan spent two weeks in each of Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and Canada. She spent time ‘living with teachers, listening to parents and learning what education looks like in completely different cultures’. The result is a book which should be read by anyone who has an interest in improving education – and a testimony to the merits of crowd funded publishing.The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Suess in the classroom. So I went to study for a Master’s Degree in education and read many of the wonderful reports produced by

I personally started reading around the world in 2008. This venture has introduced me to far off lands, fresh viewpoints, and many new authors I might not have discovered otherwise. Here is a record of my travels since 2009: With our small class sizes and low student-to-teacher ratio, we provide all our pupils with a tailored education whilst celebrating individuality through the promotion and encouragement of individual gifts and talents. This allows our pupils to truly flourish and thrive during their time at our school, as well as preparing them for life beyond Clevelands.The problem with looking at the GPAs published by private schools is that this isn't just a measure of how well the school is doing - it is a measure of the kind of students that enter it. The school I used to teach at had the lowest results in the borough, but the highest value added - in other words, although looking at the former made it appear that the school was doing a bad job, they were actually making the biggest difference to their pupils.