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The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to help …
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in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs … and benefits of staying on in education. We compare the effects of a specially designed information campaign to the …
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of allowing entry to the elite track for a group that was previously only at the margin of being admitted. -- Education …
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The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to help … children with learning difficulties is not working. -- education ; special needs ; evaluation …
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in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs … and benefits of staying on in education. We compare the effects of a specially designed information campaign to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044415
The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment...
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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 …
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highly selective) phase of higher education. They are shown to have pursued further years of education because thresholds … higher education for the affected generation and to consider consequences for their children. Thus, we contribute to debate … market value? Is there a causal relationship between the education of parents and that of their children? Unlike most of the …
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It is difficult to know whether widening access to schools which provide a more academically oriented general education …
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There is considerable disagreement in the academic literature about whether raising school expenditure improves educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school expenditure has increased by about 40 per cent in real...
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