Reports and papers published by Policy Scotland and associated programmes and projects.

CNS: Early Insights into the COVID-19 Response – 30 July 2020 – refugee and migrant families

Alison Dreever, Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, CNS Emerging Insights, Dr Maureen McBride, Education, Children and Families, Elaine Feeney, Immigration, Inequalities, Network for Social and Educational Equity, Professor Chris Chapman

Briefing based on research with frontline practitioners working with refugee and migrant families in Glasgow about the impact of COVID-19.

New Policy Scotland paper: COVID-19: do we need to re-imagine the purpose of school inspections?

Crisis Response in Education Network, Education, Children and Families, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Professor Carmen Montecinos, Professor Chris Chapman, Professor Melanie Ehren, Research report, Think piece2 Comments

As regular school inspections have stopped in many countries, and its not ‘business as usual’, this paper asks should we ‘inspect’ schools, and if so, for what purpose?

A young woman working a laptop at the kitchen table

CNS: Early insights into the COVID-19 response – 12 June 2020

Alison Dreever, Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, CNS Emerging Insights, Dr Jo Neary, Dr Kevin Lowden, Education, Children and Families, Network for Social and Educational Equity, Professor Chris Chapman, Research project - outputs

This CNS briefing focuses on the lessons learned from the ‘hubs’ for vulnerable pupils and children from key worker families, in the context of re-opening schools in August 2020.