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
…grants and loans, where the idea that all young people are financially independent at 18 is not accepted. Moreover, our polling shows 2-1 backing among the public for the idea….
Parents increasingly coming round to the idea of ballots for school places
Richard Garner reports for the Independent on a new Sutton Trust poll. A growing number of parents support the idea of ballots to determine which children are successful in applying…
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?
…are reformers wanting to introduce more competition between schools, common test scores and teacher evaluations that distinguish genuinely between good and poor performers. On the other are the skeptics, backed…
Professional lessons in Germany and Switzerland
…to be impressed by the level of commitment to youth training that this company makes. Within its 3250-strong German workforce, seven per cent of places at any one time are…