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The introduction of academy schools to England's education

Eyles, Andrew; Machin, Stephen - 2015

We study the origins of what has become one of the most radical and encompassing programmes of school reform seen in … academies are conversions from already existent state schools and so are school takeovers that enable more autonomy. Our … schools experiencing the largest increase in their school autonomy relative to their predecessor state. Analysis of mechanisms …

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School Management Takeover, Leadership Change, and Personnel Policy

Duchini, Emma; Lavy, Victor; Machin, Stephen; Telhaj, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

2000s, we show that the Sponsor-led takeover leads to substantial changes in the teaching body and the school personnel …, with older and lower-achieving teachers leaving the school, and new teachers joining the Sponsor-led school from …

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"Teaching to teach" literacy

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2016

Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains...

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