…OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to make a case that English schools must do better if we are to match global competitors in the future. The UK scores…
Moving Up the Great Gatsby Curve
…the Curve shows that more unequal societies are less mobile. Put simply, when the rungs of the income ladder are wide, the chances of climbing the ladder are lower. The…
Why teachers can’t call themselves a profession
…that in all the reviews of the nations at the top of the global education rankings, the common watchwords are professionalism, professional development, evidence, and research. Lee Elliot Major 1…
The Vocational Challenge
John O’Leary reports from the Sutton Trust access summit Tens of thousands of teenagers are denying themselves the opportunity of studying at the top universities by taking vocational courses in…
Ballots and Banding
…jack up the prices of homes in the catchment areas of popular schools. Yet those middle class parents who don’t live in what are often narrow catchments for good schools…
Sir Peter Lampl: America must be free of the shadow of the guns
…routinely used to settle disputes. Thousands die and more are injured each year as a result, with no fanfare. United Nations statistics show that there are 3.2 killings involving firearms…