Athens Meetings on Improving Financing Policies for Inclusive Education

The Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs’ Directorate for Special Education hosted a series of transnational meetings in Athens, from 6 to 8 June 2018. The events were organised in co-operation with the Agency, and focused on two featured Agency projects, including the findings of a new synthesis report.

Schools should actively engage with research to support innovative approaches to enable all learners to progress.

Schools should develop systems and partnerships to ensure access to current research evidence. They should also support school-based research activity and allocate appropriate time for this form of collaborative professional learning and development. All stakeholders - teachers, learners, leaders - should develop a 'growth mindset', which sees hard work and persistence as contributing to success.

New Supporting Inclusive School Leadership project presented at Ireland Conference

The Agency’s new project was presented at a conference at Mary Immaculate College, Tipperary, Ireland on 19 June. The event focused on improving leadership skills, opportunities and relationships, and it featured two keynote speakers, two workshops and a presentation on Cosán, Ireland’s framework for teacher learning.

Agency representative Verity Donnelly gave a keynote about the Agency’s work, highlighting relevant work from recent projects:

Country reports

Information on individual countries' approaches to Raising Achievement are now available online in the form of 22 individual country reports. These reports provide detailed information, collected via the project survey, on the specific legislation, policy and strategies for raising the achievement of all learners in inclusive settings. Many reports also provide practice examples.

Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion: Final Summary Report

This final summary report outlines the 'Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion' literature review’s main findings and presents the key policy messages and considerations. The full literature review is available in print and in electronic format on the Agency’s website.