Exam Nation: Why Our Obsession with Grades Fails Everyone – and a Better Way to Think About School

By: Sammy Wright

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Synopsis: School should equip children for adulthood. In reality, it means one thing: exams. Exam Nation sets out a better way – and, crucially, shows us how we might get there.'An essential read - as entertaining as it is insightful - for anyone who cares about the way we treat young people ... Brilliant’ OBSERVEREducationalist and Head of School Sammy Wright argues that grades, rankings and Ofsted reports all miss the point of school, and together they are undermining our whole approach to education. Rather than sorting pupils into winners and losers, we need to think differently about what our schools are actually for – to see them as communities not factories – if we are to give all young people the opportunities and future they deserve.‘Such a compelling read’ TELEGRAPH‘Deeply absorbing ... Wright deserves the highest marks’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Extraordinary … The book education has been waiting for’ LAURA MCINERNEY‘Persuasive … He is clearly a superb teacher’ SAM FREEDMAN, LITERARY REVIEW

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 304 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781529926651
Related ISBNs:: 9781529925364, 9781847927521, 9781529931464, 9781529931464
Publisher:: Vintage Publishing
Date of Addition:: 07/29/25
Copyrighted By:: Sammy Wright
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.