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Tag Archives: Education
Feb 19 2013
How can we secure the school-to-school collaboration so vital for improvement?
Leave a commentTweet Since their introduction by the Blair government in 2000, Academy schools have proved deeply controversial. Becky Francis reflects on the report of the Academies Commission, which investigated whether this educational innovation was meeting the goals for which they were originally intended. An … Continue reading
Posted by: February 19, 2013
Tagged with: academies, Education, Education Policy, schools
Jan 24 2013
Sweden has reformed its welfare state to deliver both efficiency and equity – the UK should learn from its example.
2 CommentsTweet Sweden is widely seen as a standard-bearer of social democratic principles. However Will Tanner contends that while the Swedish welfare state is an unlikely poster child for sustainable government, it is nonetheless leading the way in public service reform. Politicians the … Continue reading
Posted by: January 24, 2013
Tagged with: Education, Education Policy, Sweden
Nov 14 2012
What does the future hold for the Higher Education system in England?
3 CommentsTweet In the last post of our higher education special, Louis Coiffait asks what the future holds for the first cohort of students under the new fees regime, as well as for the Higher Education system as a whole. While there are … Continue reading
Posted by: November 14, 2012
Tagged with: academia, blue skies, Education, Higher Education, Research Excellence Framework, University
Nov 11 2012
Book Review: Exits, Voices and Social Investment: Citizens’ Reaction to Public Services
Leave a commentTweet Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2012
Tagged with: Education, health, public opinion, public sector, public services
Sep 25 2012
The link between schools and house prices is now an established fact
2 CommentsTweet Steve Gibbons describes how a series of influential studies from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the LSE has confirmed the widespread belief that a link exists between house prices and the quality of local schools. He goes … Continue reading
Posted by: September 25, 2012
Tagged with: Education, house prices, school quality
Sep 13 2012
The cost of a child is not just about the size of a parent’s wallet
Leave a commentTweet Donald Hirsch presents research into the true cost of a child and whether state benefits are enough to help low income families meet the cost. It found that on average it costs about £80,000 to bring a child up to … Continue reading
Posted by: September 13, 2012
Tagged with: child benefits, Education
Aug 21 2012
This government has an opportunity to do something effective for national numeracy but political prejudices must be set aside
Leave a commentTweet Wendy Jones argues that the government’s proposed changes to the school curriculum for maths contain serious flaws. Children need to become secure in their understanding of the basic mathematical concepts during their primary school years and this must be reflected … Continue reading
Posted by: August 21, 2012
Tagged with: Education, maths, numeracy, school curriculum, schools
Jun 22 2012
Old civil service wine, cancerous tax avoidance and Ed’s unnecessary apology: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Jonathan Portes at Not the Treasury View argues that Ed Miliband shouldn’t apologise for making the right decision on Eastern European migration. Chris Cook on the FT data blog discusses Michael Gove’s proposals to reintroduce a two tier O-Level … Continue reading
Posted by: June 22, 2012
Tagged with: blogs, Ed Miliband, Education, Euro 2012, immigration, tax avoidance, UK economy, weekly round up
