How much choice should parents and pupils have over which school to attend? This question has been at the centre of … allocating public school places according to residence have been relaxed. Public subsidies to private schools have sometimes been … seen as a way of broadening choice. Recent experience shows that policies to increase school choice bring dangers as well …

Many countries are struggling to reconcile greater flexibility in school choice with the need to ensure quality, equity … and coherence in their school systems. This report provides an international perspective on issues related to school … choice, especially how certain aspects of school-choice policies may be associated with sorting students into different …

Most students think that what they learned in school is useful for them or their future. Students’ attitudes towards … school are associated with their reading skills. Students who report that the climate at their school is conducive to … learning tend to have more positive attitudes towards school. …

, particularly when it comes to teacher-student relations and the proportion of students who arrive late for school. The degree to … which students from different socio-economic backgrounds attend the same school did not change between 2003 and 2012, while … students with different academic abilities and needs were less likely to attend the same school in 2012 than in 2003, on …

Children spend about a third of their waking hours in school during most weeks in the year. Thus, schools have a …

in school decisions, combined with a culture of shared responsibility and mutual support, tend to have lower incidence of …

Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. Students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged …

While most 15-year-old students spend part of their after-school time doing homework, the amount of time they spend on … performance among students and schools, other factors are more important in determining the performance of school systems as a …