…comes after recent data confirmed a big drop in part-timers since the fees increase: mature and part-time students are almost 40% of all students and their decline is a blow…
Poorest children are catching up with the rest of kids when it comes to the three R’s
Mark Ellis quotes the Sutton Trust in his Mirror report on the primary school test results. Children from poorer families are improving in maths, reading and writing at primary school….
University funding challenge
…or courses could also reduce the number graduates from expensive courses with high fees even if they were essential for the economy. They also looked at reducing the threshold or…
Parents increasingly coming round to the idea of ballots for school places
…at the hearts of any programme to improve social mobility. Our poll shows an appetite for change in oversubscribed comprehensives and academies.” Read the full article on the Independent website….
Two countries united by a common access problem
…facing similar issues when it comes to educational inequalities. Even in setting the scene, the contextual factors at play are strikingly resonant – low levels of social mobility compared to…
A divided nation losing its American dream?
…impact of establishing common standards across States should not be underestimated. But right now I can only remember the cars jammed against each other amidst the fumes, stuck in New…