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David Didau is an education consultant, teacher trainer, former English teacher and author. Known for The Learning Spy, his work focuses on English, curriculum, cognitive science, accountability and evidence-informed teaching.

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Intelligent Accountability: Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive
6 Nov 2020Book

Intelligent Accountability: Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive

The book discusses two opposed models of school improvement: the deficit model (which assumes problems are someone's fault) and the surplus model (which assumes problems are unintended systemic flaws). By aligning ourselves to a surplus model we can create a system of Intelligent Accountability.

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