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 …

, Chapter 1 presents a summary of features shared by "successful" school systems. Chapter 2 details how resources, policies and … organisational features (how students are sorted into grades, schools, and programmes, school autonomy, etc.) of schools and systems … (behaviours, discipline, parental involvement, school leadership, etc.) and how they affect performance. The final chapter …

The effective use of school resources is a policy priority across OECD countries. The OECD Reviews of School Resources … school education. The series considers four types of resources: financial resources, such as public funding of individual … schools; human resources, such as teachers, school leaders, education administrators; physical resources, such as location …

strategies available to school administrators and designers for redefining the role of educational facilities in rural areas …