High-performing schools in England should be encouraged to admit more white working-class pupils

High-performing schools in England ‘should be encouraged to admit more white working-class pupils’

Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicHigh-performing primary and secondary schools in England should be encouraged to admit more disadvantaged pupils from white working-class backgrounds to help reverse a continuing crisis in underachievement, an independent inquiry has said.The independent inquiry into white working-class educational outcomes concluded the current education system was “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”. Continue reading...

Local students still dominate public university enrolment in Malaysia, says IPPTN

GEORGE TOWN, July 9 — Local students remain the dominant group in public universities, with 96.56 per cent of unde...

Students at the center of NYC high school's success

Students at Thomas A. -More-

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A new white paper from NWEA, and its accompanying op-ed in The Hill, claim that districts are more likely to permanently shutter schools with a high proportion of poor and/or Black students, even after controlling for enrollment patterns. Which made me think: Here we go again. As with previous analyses from other scholars, it plays the greatest hits: document that Black and poor students are overrepresented in some unfortunate circumstance (in this case, school closures), control for one or two Read More

Program rebutan, kapasiti terhad punca persaingan ke UA makin sengit

PETALING JAYA: Kemasukan pelajar antarabangsa ke universiti awam (UA) bukan punca utama pendidikan tinggi kepada pelajar tempatan, khususnya lepasan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) dan Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) menjadi terhad. Sebaliknya, keadaan itu didakwa berpunca daripada peningkatan mendadak bila­ngan calon cemerlang tempatan yang layak, sedangkan kapasiti pengambilan bagi beberapa program pengajian popular masih terhad. ... Read more The post Program rebutan, kapasiti terhad punca persaingan ke UA makin sengit appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.