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 …

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 …

few times per month) made fun of, 8% reported that they are frequently the object of nasty rumours in school, and 7 … bullying can both stem from and may exacerbate students’ disengagement with school and underperformance. …

, 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 …