Professor Strand has been a consultant to the Department for Education's Black Children's and Pupils' Achievement Consultation Group (2007-2010) and to the DCSF Gender Agenda (2008-2009).
Recent publications include:
Strand, S. (2012). The White British-Black Caribbean achievem...
Professor Strand has been a consultant to the Department for Education's Black Children's and Pupils' Achievement Consultation Group (2007-2010) and to the DCSF Gender Agenda (2008-2009).
Recent publications include:
Strand, S. (2012). The White British-Black Caribbean achievement gap: Tests, tiers and teacher expectations. British Educational Research Journal, 38, (1), 75-101.
Strand, S. (2011). The limits of social class in explaining ethnic gaps in educational attainment. British Educational Research Journal, 37, (2), 197-229.
Strand, S. (2010). Do some schools narrow the gap? Differential school effectiveness by ethnicity, gender, poverty and prior attainment. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 21, (3), 289-314.
Media Experience:
Considerable, including radio interviews (e.g. Radio 4's PM, Radio 5 Live, Radio London) and print (e.g.Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times Education Supplement (TES), Daily Mirror etc.)