Students whose parents work in professional occupations generally outperform other students in mathematics, while … students whose parents work in elementary occupations tend to underachieve compared to their peers. The strength of the …. Finland and Japan achieve high levels of performance by ensuring that the children of parents who work in elementary …

advantaged peers. PISA data also show that students who discuss money matters with their parents, and those who make autonomous … participating country and economy, students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds performed significantly worse than their … proportion of students who do not achieve baseline financial literacy and explores the links between socio-economic backgrounds …

Most parents know, instinctively, that spending more time with their children and being actively involved in their … education will give their children a good head-start in life. But as many parents have to juggle competing demands at work and … at home, there never seems to be enough time. Often, too, parents are reluctant to offer to help their children with …

, corporate trainers, students and researchers interested in design and facilitation of online learning for a global audience … of new environments on children's language ability: a case study / Ursula Thomas -- Using literacy response activities … with early childhood English language learners and immigrant students / Erin M. Casey -- Building on what they bring …

Successful education systems are able to guarantee that all students succeed at high levels. Across OECD countries …, around 60% of the overall, country-level variation in student performance can be traced to differences in how well students …

Across OECD countries, individuals without tertiary-educated parents tend to be considerably under-represented among … particular, the period from starting upper secondary to entering tertiary education is critical in determining students’ future …

of immigrants and their children into their host countries. Each volume presents concrete policy lessons for its theme … OECD countries. This fourth volume explores the integration of young people with migrant parents, a diverse and growing …

of parents who consider academic achievement very important score 46 points higher in mathematics than the children of …When choosing a school for their child, parents in all participating countries value academic achievement highly; but … they are often even more concerned about the safety and environment of the school and the school’s reputation. The children …