Cambridge has become home to the first leadership forum for community-based ‘supplementary’ education informal schools which provide extra education for children from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.Read the full story. |
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A global study of 240000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges on improving the latter’s work ethic mindset and socio-emotional skills.Read the full story. |
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2024-01-23 Millennials a generation often characterised as less wealthy than their parents are not uniformly worse off than their Baby Boomer counterparts according to new research. They are however contending with a “vast and increasing” wealth gap due to the uneven financial rewards reaped from different life and career paths compared with their Boomer predecessors. This creates the impression that as a generation they are losing out.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-27 Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were undervalued and left some actively rethinking their careers research shows.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-26 Students with low motivation also consistently display lower levels of certain essential core thinking skills; which appears to lead to underperformance at school a study in Greece has found.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-25 Enabling teachers to learn and problem-solve using ‘oracy’ – or exploratory talk – played a pivotal role in improving maths results at over 20 London schools according to a new analysis.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-19 A UK-funded programme to support out-of-school girls in low-income countries has significantly enhanced their learning confidence opportunities and prospects a new report says. However sustained strategic and targeted investment will be needed to preserve these gains.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-12 The University of Cambridge is to pilot a programme offering civil servants and early years professionals personalised access to recent research and a cross-sector network of expertise to help shape solutions to pressing issues in early childhood policy.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-11 Researchers are urging an evidence-based approach to the use of simulations to train medics and teachers amid signs that technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality could reshape education in both professions.Read the full story. |
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2023-10-10 A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child’s tendency to be ‘prosocial’ and act with kindness and empathy towards others research indicates.Read the full story. |
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