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PISA 2015: No improvement for a decade … and 10 other oddities

English pupils have not improved their PISA scores for almost the last decade, according to an international data set released today. Though they have managed not to fall in performance, as seen in other high-performing countries. English pupils about to take their GCSEs are strongest in science, just above average for reading (with girls outstripping […]

What is the East Asian ‘secret’ to educational success?

What is the East Asian “secret” to educational success? Tiger parents? Confucian beliefs? Dr John Jerrim’s study on Australian-born pupils of East Asian heritage suggests that there is no straightforward magic formula. In fact, pupils from an “average” school system such as Australia (or the UK) can do just as well as young people in […]