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A scholar explains why schools can’t focus only on closing pandemic-related learning gaps.
The legitimacy of the IQ test is still hotly debated.
Research finds genes account for 50% of differences in social mobility.
Teaching philosophy for just one hour a week can improve children’s progress in writing, maths and reading.
The first lady effect: inspirational.
Picking over the government’s claims that missing class to go on holiday impacts on attainment.
New research finds clubs can help close the education gap and improve children’s social skills.
Education can be a powerful tool to stop the practice of child marriage. It empowers girls, and their success can ultimately boost their communities.
A new OECD report has put the spotlight on countries where teenagers struggle in maths, reading and science.
Students who have traditionally struggled at GCSE are now outperforming their peers.
People who were born preterm earn less and are more likely to be unemployed, research shows.
New research shows that children who develop bad behaviour towards the end of primary school, fall behind the most.
Prosecutions of parents have increased – but is this really targeting persistent truants?
The gap is growing between the best and worst chains of academies, according to new research.
Can you and should you stop free thought? Not in primary school.
Schools can learn from strategies used to help ethnic minority children to close gap for white working-class pupils.
Analysis of a maths teaching method popular in East Asia shows promise, but not enough to roll out nationally yet.
New research has raised concerns that teachers are biased against certain pupils based on their gender, ethnic group or family income.
New research found that a programme aimed at changing pupils’ mindsets had no significant impact on their attainment.
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor of Education, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Education Research, School of Education, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Warwick
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
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Director of the Centre for Professional Education, University of Warwick
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Associate Research Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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Professor of Education, Durham University
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Professor of Education and Social Justice, King's College London
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Reader in Education, Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education, UCL
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Reader in Education, University of Leicester
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PhD student studying educational foundations, policy and practice, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor in Tourism Management/Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Research Fellow in the School of Education, Durham University
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Professor of Education, University of Oxford
