Issue 10.09

Age At School Entry: How Old Is Old Enough?

A child’s age at school entry matters, and the implications of policy changes can have long-lasting effects. This report, published on IZA World of Labor, finds that school entry age has strong effects on outcomes, including test scores, special-needs diagnosis, and leadership. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

8 Apr 2016
24mins

Leadership

The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations

Teachers are an important source of information for traditionally disadvantaged students. However, little is known about how teachers form expectations and whether they are systematically biased. This report by the American University investigates whether student–teacher demographic mismatch affects high school teachers’ expectations for students’ educational attainment. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

8 Apr 2016
24mins

Leadership

Issues Around Intellectual Property

Britain’s universities are gaining wide recognition for producing some of the most promising technology companies around today, with new technology breakthroughs never far from the headlines. This success brings its own complications, one of the most challenging being the ownership of the Intellectual Property (the “IP”). Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

31 Mar 2016
24mins

Leadership

Eliminating Unnecessary Workload Around Planning And Teaching Resources

As the workload challenge showed, all parts of the education system have a role to play in reducing the unnecessary tasks that take teachers and school leaders away from their core task: improving outcomes for children. This report by the Independent Teacher Workload Review Group looks specifically at issues around planning and resources. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

31 Mar 2016
24mins

Leadership

Trends in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment

This research by the London School of Economics shows that modest gains in life expectancy among white high school-educated Americans obscure the fact that, in contrast to their more highly educated peers, significant numbers are increasingly dying young. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

31 Mar 2016
24mins

Leadership

Poverty And Children’s Personal And Social Relationships

This research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores associations between poverty and children’s relationships, using Millennium Cohort Study data. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

31 Mar 2016
24mins

Leadership

How Do Students React To Longer Instruction Time?

This paper by Elena Claudia Meroni and Giovanni Abbiati investigates the effects on achievement, study behaviours and attitudes of an intervention providing extra instruction time in language and in mathematics in lower secondary schools in Southern Italy. Leadership Briefings 10.09(117)

31 Mar 2016
24mins

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Issue 10.09

Age At School Entry: How Old Is Old Enough?

The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations

Issues Around Intellectual Property

Eliminating Unnecessary Workload Around Planning And Teaching Resources

Trends in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment

Poverty And Children’s Personal And Social Relationships

How Do Students React To Longer Instruction Time?

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