while education can be an escalator out of social disadvantage — leading to better job prospects for youths facing greater … significant minority of students in several OECD countries do not even complete compulsory education; students' test scores in … lower secondary education are strongly shaped by family characteristics; and the expansion of university education has most …

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether … resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether … resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …

the recent past amongst advanced countries - the introduction of academy schools to English secondary education. Academies …

In many countries, important thresholds in examinations act as a gateway to higher levels of education and/or good …-secondary high-level academic or vocational track and of starting tertiary education. Those who fail to pass the threshold are also … more likely to drop out of education by age 18, without some form of employment. The moderately high effects of just …

in the mid-2000s about how children are taught to read. We conceptualise this as a shock to the education production …