The four briefing papers presented at the 29th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement in January 2016 to stimulate discussion about what educational research might learn from other disciplines.
Report to Scottish Parliament Finance Committee
Report to the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee on 4 March 2015 about the What Works Scotland workstream on prevention and about the concept of, and evidence on, different strands of prevention in Scotland and more widely.
The Political Economy of Local Tax Reform
Kenneth Gibb and Linda Christie reflect on local government finance debates and suggest approaches to reform.
What Works and learning from failure
This think piece considers that we may learn much from a systematic approach to policy failure. Summary The ethos of What Works Scotland is to seek out evidence around relevant areas of public service reform to understand why certain processes,