A student’s performance in school is influenced by personal characteristics, but also, amongst other influences, by those of his or her schoolmates. Schoolmates can motivate and help each other overcome learning difficulties; but they can also disrupt instruction, require disproportionate...

Les résultats scolaires des élèves sont influencés par leurs caractéristiques personnelles, mais aussi, entre autres facteurs, par celles des autres élèves de leur établissement. Les camarades d’école peuvent se motiver et s’entraider pour surmonter les difficultés...

Because of the regulations concerning school entry in most school systems, a child’s date of birth may significantly affect his or her age at entry into school, and thus their first experience of schooling. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), this paper...

Dans la quasi-totalité des systèmes scolaires, l’affectation des élèves dans les établissements d’enseignement publics se fait, au moins en partie, sur la base de leur lieu de résidence. Les élèves se voient ainsi en général affectés dans l’établissement d’enseignement le...

While in most countries today women attain higher levels of education than men, on average, they are less likely than men to be employed and they earn less. There are many reasons why these gender gaps open; some are apparent in secondary school. For example, even when they outperform boys...

In almost all school systems, students are assigned to public schools based, at least partly, on their home address. Through this policy, students are typically assigned to the school closest to their home. The main objective may be to avoid long and costly commutes to and from school. However,...

Adolescence is a period when young people start to prepare for adult life. Teenagers have to make important decisions relevant to their working lives later on, such as what field of study or type of education they will pursue. But young people often lack sufficient knowledge about the breadth of...