Michaela: The Power of Culture Edited by Katharine Birbalsingh

I enjoyed the Battle Hymn of Tiger Teachers and have been fascinated by the story of Michaela and the educational debates it fuels. As a pastoral leader, and one who follows debates over discipline on Twitter eagerly, I have found that Michaela is often used by those arguing for zero-tolerance discipline and I have often

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers by Katharine Birbalsingh

I became aware of Michaela two or three years ago and it fascinated me. Birbalsingh set up a new school in an area of London with high deprivation and built it from scratch on a knowledge rich, rigorous discipline and high expectations model. Similar to books you read about having academies enjoying great success in