Attached is the background paper I prepared for the high-level policy dialogue to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Salamanca Statement, held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, 13 March 2024. It is available in English, French and Spanish. unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0… UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳

Coming soon my new book, ‘Developing Inclusive Schools: Pathways to Success’:
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There is a special 20% discount code that can be used to pre-order EFL04 from March 21st onwards (the code should be entered at checkout). Free p&p

I am looking forward to engaging the audience on the The PACCT Action Project and our recent walk since this project. Join me on the 6th March at Manchester Museum, if you are interested! 👇🏽 Manchester Institute of Education (MIE)

👩‍🏫 Education reform is a hot topic for policymakers - but can curricular/assessment reforms actually raise attainment or address key challenges facing schools?

✍️ Claire Forbes explains how assets-based approaches could secure deep & sustainable reform:

blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2023/12/…

Congratulations to all the Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) Education Leadership graduands today; wishing you lots of luck as you embark on your next steps!🎉🎉

Relational trust is key to equity and justice in schools and should be built on the idea that practices, policies, and pedagogies are culturally responsive, and are done at the school that have the best interest of students and families in mind.

'You can't have excellence without equity.' Mel Ainscow and Paul Wilfred Armstrong discussing the English education system with Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) MA in Educational Leadership students.

If education research is not having an impact on people’s every day lives, why are we doing it? #educationmatters

🧵Who are we and what are we doing?

Watch this short animation produced by our creative partner Cartwheel Arts & co-designed through participatory workshops with Deeplish C C

Arts and Humanities Research Council #creativehealth

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Published today, our study of place-based school partnerships for The Staff College. It argues that such partnership could provide democratic oversight of all schools and young people within a locality. Paul Wilfred Armstrong Dr Bee Hughes 🐝 Stephen Rayner Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) thestaffcollege.uk/publications/t…

New paper published in British Educational Research Journal: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/be…

It looks at the disconnect between research and policy, what good policy advice looks like, and what a policy advice mechanism that makes better use of academic expertise might look like

When you could focus on eliminating childhood poverty to massively improve educational outcomes but decide to create a new maths qualification instead

What schools want: Recruiting senior leaders in England bera.ac.uk/?p=41336 via BERA

My lovely Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) colleague KAREN HEALEY makes a powerful case for civic knowledge in school governance here. Might be of interest to you Mel Ainscow ?

Very proud - my first article published “Engaging parents in multi academy trusts (MATs) as local civic knowledge experts” in Management in Education, journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…. So much support from all Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) CELP Research Group and my supervisors Prof Steve Courtney Andrew Howes

1st meeting this year of The University of Manchester School of Environment, Education & Development (SEED) Equality, Diversity & Inclusion student group with Claire Forbes. Great to hear what students have to say about developing more inclusive learning in HE #studentvoice