Michaela: The Power of Culture

A nice contrast from the usual books on classroom teaching - just what you'd expect from Birbalsingh et al. If you agree with the Michaela approach you will love this book. If you don't, you might feel a little bit more sympathetic to it after reading this.

"A painting of a fire generates no heat"With so many using Michaela's strategies to transform their own schools, this book helps to seek the true heart of educational change. Packed with wisdom of what it means to create a culture that can be internalised and will instill conviction, this manifesto when impelmented is what lasting change in schools will look like. We are truly blessed to have such schools and school leaders in our educational system at such a critical time as this.

This account, written by the staff at Michaela Community School and their Head Mistress Katharine Birbalsingh, refocuses the dialogue on education, and will make you think again about the purpose of education. If you are a teacher, it will remind you about why you became a teacher in the first place. Its content runs counter-cultural to what is happening in most Western schools today, however that is what makes it so refreshing, powerful, and needed. Inspirational and bold. Highly recommend for anyone working in education.

This is a good book to read if you want to counter low expectation "progressives" in your school.

I spent 19 years working in an inner-city school in London.I was going to say that all teachers and educationalists should read this book.On reflection, it should be read by anyone who cares about young people.