Alissa Goodman and Alice Sullivan. Recent political events have focussed minds on society’s deeply rooted inequalities and their long-reaching consequences. The gap between the rich and poor is growing as is the gap between generations – a recent IFS report found…
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Give it time
Tagged with: cohort studies, longitudinal research
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Social sciences and social policy, Uncategorized
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Social sciences and social policy, Uncategorized
How can school leaders who exclude foster a climate of belonging?
Kathryn Riley. There are some depressing statistics in the air at the moment: it must be the change in the seasons. They include an increase in hate crimes post Brexit – which led the Big Issue (September 26-October 2nd) to…
Tagged with: Kathryn Riley, leadership of place, school leadership
Posted in Leadership and management
Posted in Leadership and management
Reforging American public higher education: how California dreaming could become a reality once more
Simon Marginson. Modern higher education began in the United States in the 1960s. Participation grew rapidly in the world’s first mass higher education system, federal grants underpinned a remarkable growth in research, and the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education…
Tagged with: HE funding, higher education, Simon Marginson, student loans
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Word problems in standardised maths tests: how fair are the Key Stage 2 SATs?
Melanie Ehren. Word problems feature strongly on many high stakes standardised maths tests. We found these kinds of test items in research in the United States in 2010 (on the New York State and Massachusetts grades 3-5 tests for children…
Tagged with: KS2 SATs, mathematics tests, Melanie Ehren, primary education
Posted in Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
Posted in Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
Whatever happened to Extended Schools? A question at the heart of education
Peter Moss. The question in the headline is the title of a new book published by UCL IOE Press. It’s written by Doug Martin and based on research in four North of England schools and communities. But the question is…
