Equity and excellence in education: reflections on the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement

Earlier this year, myself and Matthew Deeble, Director of Evidence for Learning headed to Singapore to be part of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). There were many presentations and workshops that resonated with me, including Dr Alicia Grunow’s Heart and Rigor: Learning to Improve in America’s Schools,  Lucy Crehan’s The role of teacher knowledge and beliefs in the scaling of effective teaching strategies and Dr Carol Cambell’s Influential Educators: Leading Educational Improvement. Matt and I were fortunate to lead two sessions describing Evidence for Learning’s work to date in helping great practice become common practice in Australian schools through evidence, and mapping evidence to policy to help practice. The insightful questions from the audiences helped us realise the relevance of our work not just for Australia, but internationally. Matt outlined this in our last blog – Knowledge mobilisation – a global game.