It is difficult to know whether widening access to schools which provide a more academically oriented general education …

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … combined direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to …

income devoted to education would make much of a difference, they ask what is the ideal balance of spending between early … years, primary and secondary education. They conclude that there is no compelling case to support a transfer of resources … from later stages of education to early years: early years investment may offer higher returns, but the returns erode …

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether … resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …