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The Stories Schools Tell and Do Not Tell: Curriculum Representation and the Child Who Cannot Find Themselves in the Textbook

The Stories Schools Tell and Do Not Tell:

A curriculum is a story about whose knowledge, history, and culture matter. When large groups of children cannot find themselves
The Teacher Who Has Given Up: Recognising and Responding to Burnout in Indian School Staff

The Teacher Who Has Given Up: Recognising and

Teacher burnout is common, consequential, and rarely discussed openly. The research on what causes it and what alleviates it has
Parents as Partners, Not Problems: Rethinking the School-Community Relationship

Parents as Partners, Not Problems: Rethinking the School-Community

Most Indian schools manage their relationships with parents rather than building them. The research on what happens when schools genuinely
The Child Who Will Not Come In: School Refusal, Anxiety, and What Schools Actually Need to Know

The Child Who Will Not Come In: School

For some children, the anxiety of attending school is not a phase or a tactic. It is a clinical reality
When the Cleaner Does Not Come: Sanitation, Hygiene, and the Lesson Children Are Really Learning

When the Cleaner Does Not Come: Sanitation, Hygiene,

A school with a toilet that nobody maintains teaches its students something very specific about what they are worth. The
Play Is Not a Break from Learning: The Evidence for Structured Play and Physical Activity in Indian Schools

Play Is Not a Break from Learning: The

In the relentless pressure to improve examination scores, physical education and free play are treated as luxuries. The science of
What the Eye Chart Misses: The Case for Better Vision and Hearing Screening in Indian Schools

What the Eye Chart Misses: The Case for

An unknown but significant number of children in Indian classrooms cannot see the blackboard or hear the teacher clearly. They
The Hungry Learner: What Classroom Hunger Costs and What Schools Can Realistically Do About It

The Hungry Learner: What Classroom Hunger Costs and

A child who arrives at school hungry does not have a behaviour problem or a motivation problem. She has a
Out-of-School and Out of Mind: Why Children Who Have Left School Are Harder to Find Than They Used to Be

Out-of-School and Out of Mind: Why Children Who

Official enrolment data is nearly universal. But enrolment and attendance are not the same thing, and attendance and learning are
The Disabled Child in the Mainstream Classroom: Inclusion on Paper, Isolation in Practice

The Disabled Child in the Mainstream Classroom: Inclusion

India has a legal and policy framework for inclusive education that is among the most ambitious in the world. What