Professor in Educational Governance
London/Leiden
Joined March 2008
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Interested in school choice and want to get a comprehensive overview of the work in this area? Come join our LEARN! seminar tomorrow. Open for everyone, just make sure to register (only on-site). vu.nl/en/events/2023/learn-l…
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Great to be working with a great team on the @ICSEIglobal board, and to have the opportunity to meet together in person!
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Trust in standardised assessments was a key topic this year with exams resuming after two years of cancellation or adaptation. Here is a framework to think about some of the questions. lnkd.in/exCCawjP
New book chapter out on International Large-Scale Assessments and Education System Reform. open access: link.springer.com/referencew…
Please to share our new paper on 'High and low performing schools in South Africa: Metaphors as a
lens to understand teachers’ views of school organisation'. open access: reader.elsevier.com/reader/s…
Interesting discussion today about how inspection agencies can deal with complex societal problems
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Interesting week in Ordu (Turkey) to talk to colleagues about educational networks that improve education and how they can be evaluated.. Centralized system is a barrier though, not just in decision-making but also in expectations that solutions require legislation..
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150 teachers and school leaders from Ordu attended the dissemination event of our project.
Inspector Harun GÖNCÜ told the audience about the project activities and outcomes after which @melcm from @VUamsterdam made a presentation on School Networks and Polycentric
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Listening to a presentation where private tutoring was offered to students who were most popular in the class (as measured through social network analysis) to measure spill-over effects. Regardless of results of the study, I wonder about ethics of it... #riseprogramme
Jabber talking about economic imperialism in education policy and how it's leading to a very narrow understanding of the goals of education (and also ignorant of all the educational work on good instruction and pedagogy) #ReformedConference22
Starting the ReformEd conference with a powerful statement by Patrick Le Galès from Sciences Po: 'The vail of ignorance rarely benefits poor people' for why we need measures and indicators... #ReformEd
New blog on rising inequality and teacher shortages and a call for action... didactiefonline.nl/blog/blon… (also in English here: learnvu.magzmaker.com/june_2…
Receiving Ofsted ratings ‘below good’ can act as a barrier to school improvement blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2022/06/…
My argument for a shared identity in the Financial Times today. Very much a response to the categorical inequalities that many education/accountability systems are provoking..
Come join our online conference with highlights from our work in educational sciences and a keynote by Filip van Droogenbroeck on school context and teacher burnout. vu.nl/en/events/2022/annual-…
Feeling you lost respect and dignity in society is one of the biggest trust killers.. It's not just about getting paid well..
Is trust going local... we don't trust government in general, but we do trust our local representative? Maybe.. guess that depends on whether those local reps are acting in your best interest..
UK and US almost at the bottom of the Edelman barometer on trust in institutions. Majority of US citizens believe that politicians and journalists are purposefully lying to them.. wow
Friday evening workshop on trust in institutions.. First highlight from the Edelman barometer... Netherlands dropped 6 points and is designated as one of the biggest 'losers'.. hmmm:(