their child in a private school. For parents, private schools may offer a particular kind of instruction that is not …

school work because they feel they lack some of the skills that would make a difference to their children’s success in school... …

classrooms, and between 2000 and 2009, discipline in school did not deteriorate – in fact, in most countries it improved... …

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. …

Immigrant students often have to overcome multiple barriers at once in order to succeed at school. Across most OECD … school, as reflected in the proportion of students whose mothers have low levels of education. The concentration, in a school …

who attend the same school can be expected to perform. About 40% of the variation in student performance in OECD countries …

In most school systems, over 50% of 15-year-olds students attend schools that compete with another school to attract … have to compete for students. When choosing a school for their children, parents look at a range of criteria; for … instruction. School systems with low levels of competition among schools often have high levels of social inclusion, meaning that …