Policy Press

Toxic Education

How Schools are Damaging Young People’s Health and Wellbeing and How We Can Fix Them

By Chris Bonell

Published

Apr 10, 2025

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1447375326

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 10, 2025

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1447375319

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 10, 2025

Page count

160 pages

ISBN

978-1447375333

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press
Toxic Education

1. Introduction: How Schools Can Seriously Damage Young People’s Health

2. Toxic Experiences: What Young People Say About Schools

3. Toxic Trends and Patterns: Data on Young People’s Health

4. Toxic Policy? Education Policy and its Consequences

5. Health Interventions in Schools as Sticking Plasters

6. The Learning Together Intervention: Effective School Detox in England

7. International Examples of Effective School Detox

8. What works, for Whom and Where

9. Detoxifying Education Policy

10. Conclusions: Detoxifying Education