Chris Husbands Originally posted on SecEd It is a persistent undercurrent in English educational debate, but it is peculiarly English: should academic selection at the age of 11 be restored? Boris Johnson, perhaps in response to perceived UKIP pressure, has declared…
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Selection at 11 – a very English debate
Tagged with: grammar schools, social class, social mobility, testing
Posted in Chris Husbands, Education policy, eleven-plus
Posted in Chris Husbands, Education policy, eleven-plus
Parents’ fortunes matter for cognitive development of 11-year-olds
Lucinda Platt, Visiting Professor at UCL Institute of Education and Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at London School of Economics and Political Science Originally posted on The Conversation As they reach the end of primary school, the UK’s children…
Tagged with: cognitive development, poverty, social class, social mobility, well-being
Posted in Childhood & early education, Education policy, learning, Social sciences and social policy
Posted in Childhood & early education, Education policy, learning, Social sciences and social policy
Let’s replace our Fortnum’s v Walmart system with a John Lewis model of schooling
Sandra Leaton Gray Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published an analysis of fair opportunities for pupils (PDF). Andreas Schleicher, its Special Adviser for Education, has said that social division represents a long term issue for the…
Tagged with: community schools, Education policy, free school meals, OECD, Sandra Leaton Gray, Schools, social division, social mobility
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Confusion in the (social mobility) ranks? Interpreting international comparisons
John Jerrim Last Friday the Sutton Trust published a very interesting report questioning the validity of global educational rankings. Having written extensively on this subject myself I can only welcome this report as making an important contribution to policymakers’ understanding of…
Tagged with: international comparisons, John Jerrim, Research matters, social mobility
Posted in International comparisons, Social sciences and social policy
Posted in International comparisons, Social sciences and social policy
What does social mobility look like? It depends on your point of view
Chris Husbands Social mobility is news. At the Sutton Trust/Carnegie Foundation London social mobility summit last month, leading politicians from all three parties lined up to decry Britain as a country with lower levels of social mobility than almost any other advanced…
Tagged with: Chris Husbands, social class, social equality, social mobility
Posted in Chris Husbands, Social sciences and social policy
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