A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education

Educational improvement is a key objective of policy makers and educationalists around the world. There is increasing transnational dialogue about how to identify the most promising improvement strategy, and how to manage effective implementation. This document is founded on systematic analysis of transnational comparative research, and focuses particularly on the importance of coherent, well-managed change.

A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education

This Cambridge Approach draws on meticulous and wide-ranging study of the history of improvement across a range of jurisdictions. It includes insights into specific examples of effective system-level change, as well as instances where policy aims have not been fully realised.

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  • A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education

    Tim Oates addressed Policy Exchange, the UK’s most influential think tank on education in the past 15 years, to outline his findings and further the debate.

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