OECD: Students mastering basic maths and science could earn UK economy more...
The Independent is reporting a new international ranking study from the OECD that suggests the UK economy could earn an extra £2.33 trillion a year if every student in the country mastered a basic...
View Article‘UK behind Poland in key education indicators,’ report says
The Telegraph is reporting a new study that suggests Poland has smaller class sizes, better pupil attainment and more students going on to university than the UK… The report, which studied the...
View ArticleResearch: withdrawing from international rankings has damaged teaching in...
The TES is reporting research that suggests the Scottish government’s decision to withdraw from a major international maths and science survey may have been a serious error that paved the way for...
View ArticleWhich countries punch above their weight in education rankings?
Writing in the Conversation, Daniel Caro and Jenny Lenkeit of Oxford University explain their research which has attempt to assess how well education systems from different countries perform when...
View ArticleHeadteacher reported pupil to counter-terrorism police over Bin Laden...
The Birmingham Mail is reporting that the former headteacher of a Trojan Horse-linked Birmingham school revealed he reported one pupil to the police after discovering his Facebook profile picture was...
View ArticleEnglish pupils ‘to fall further behind those in the Far East’
The Sunday Times is reporting warnings that students in England are set to fall further behind their counterparts in the Far East when the next set of international rankings is published next year.…...
View ArticleNew Pisa teamwork test will be game-changer, Schleicher predicts
The TES is reporting that the man behind the Pisa global education rankings is predicting a big shift in the way its results are viewed when the next set are published in 2016.… Read the rest
View ArticleStudy predicts major drop in ‘good passes’ and says two thirds will miss...
The Sunday Times is reporting new research which suggests only about a third of teenagers in England are expected to reach the standard achieved by an average student in countries at the top of world...
View ArticleWelsh pupils ‘risk being left behind’ claims Sir Michael Wilshaw
The Sunday Times is reporting suggestions from the chief inspector for England that pupils in Wales risk of being left behind in the global competition for jobs and university places.… Read the rest
View ArticleGuest post: Sian Griffiths – my BBC programme on education in Wales
Sian Griffiths is education editor of the Sunday Times and presenter of this week’s BBC Wales documentary ‘It’s an Education’.… Read the rest
View ArticleWhich countries must do more to help children who fall behind at school?
Dr Gijsbert Stoet, writing in the Conversation, reviews the new report from the OECD which compares the level of attainment of 15 year olds across the world.… Read the rest The post Which countries...
View ArticleHow shift to computer-based tests could shake up PISA education rankings
Dr John Jerrim of the UCL, writing in the Conversation, says there are notable differences between the results of children taking the paper and the computer versions of the PISA test.… Read the rest...
View ArticleAsian cities tussle for top spot in new education ranking as London left behind
We covered media reports of this yesterday, but now writing in the Conversation, Dr John Jerrim from the UCL Institute of Education discusses his new research which estimates PISA scores for a number...
View ArticleUK children ‘lack the grit to succeed’ compared to Asian counterparts
The Mail is reporting suggestions that British children may lose out to their Asian counterparts when they reach work “because they are so mollycoddled in class”.… Read the rest The post UK children...
View ArticleMigrant crisis to blame for falling standards in Swedish schools, say officials
The Mail is reporting claims that the increase of foreign-born children in Swedish schools has played a part in the country’s overall decline in educational achievement and test scores in recent...
View ArticleUK universities dominate global rankings for first time despite Brexit...
The Independent reports that British universities have taken the top two places in global league tables for the first time in 13 years, with Oxford University crowned the best in the world.… Read the rest
View Article“No one nation is best at everything” – U21 ranks national HE systems
Universitas 21, a global network for research-intensive universities, has released its seventh annual ranking of HE systems.… Read the rest
View ArticleBritain drops down university global rankings for employability over decade,...
The Independent is reporting that the UK has experienced a sharp drop in performance for graduate employability at its universities over this decade following intensified global competition, the...
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