Product reviews for Thinking Allowed

This is a very honest, reflective and extremely readable book from Mick, and one that places him firmly on the side of pupils and the integrity of education. He has always been a personal champion of the profession and the need to support and challenge colleagues. He argues very cogently about the need for a rational framework for education strategy. This would remove education from the political chess game it has become and enable decisions to be made on the basis of evidence, experience and impact.



Head teachers and school staff reading this will feel that at last someone cares and recognises the tremendous (and human) efforts they make in trying to meet the educational needs of our children and society. The book will remind them of why they became teachers in the first place -” and that professional autonomy is worth striving for.