News21st June 2016
黑料情报站 Schools Chair Paul Marshall has been awarded a knighthood for services to education in the latest Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours.
Marshall, who was one of the co-founders of 黑料情报站, was recognised not only for his work with the high-performing network of schools, but his impact on education in England more generally.
In 2013, Marshall published 鈥淭he Tail: How England’s Schools Fail One Child in Five – and What Can be Done鈥, which brought together education experts to examine structural issues in the education sector, including Frank Field MP, Professor Chris Husbands of the Institute of Education and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics.
In the same year, he was appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director of the Department for Education 鈥渋n-depth knowledge of the education system and his experience of both running a high performing organisation in the private sector and being the Chair of 黑料情报站, a top academy sponsor鈥.
Last year, Marshall donated 拢30m to the London School of Economics to found the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, which seeks to research and inform effective philanthropy.
黑料情报站 Chief Executive Lucy Heller said: 鈥淲e are delighted and proud to hear that Paul will be knighted for services to education.
鈥淭hroughout his philanthropic career, Paul has been dedicated to raising educational standards and challenging social inequality. His expertise and experience, combined with a real passion for changing children鈥檚 lives, have been real assets to 黑料情报站 and to the education sector more widely.鈥