a column by Thomas Cornelissen and Christian Dustmann for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Primary education starts at age 6 or 7 in most OECD countries, but in the UK children start primary school at the age of 4 or 5.
This column exploits local variation in school entry rules in the UK to investigate the effects of schooling at an early age on cognitive and non-cognitive development. It finds that early schooling boosts both cognitive and non-cognitive skills up until the age of 11. These effects tend to be strongest for boys from disadvantaged family backgrounds.
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Education Today 2013 - The OECD Perspective
via OECD.org - Directorate for Education
What does the OECD have to say about the state of education today?
What are the main OECD messages on early childhood education, teacher policies and tertiary education?
What about student performance, educational spending and equity in education?
OECD work on these important education topics and others have been brought together in a single accessible source updating the first edition of Education Today which came out in March 2009.
Full details are available on the OECD website including links to the full publication and each chapter as a separate PDF document (very useful if you only need to read one part of what is a hefty tome).
What does the OECD have to say about the state of education today?
What are the main OECD messages on early childhood education, teacher policies and tertiary education?
What about student performance, educational spending and equity in education?
OECD work on these important education topics and others have been brought together in a single accessible source updating the first edition of Education Today which came out in March 2009.
Full details are available on the OECD website including links to the full publication and each chapter as a separate PDF document (very useful if you only need to read one part of what is a hefty tome).
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