Trialling teacher peer observation to raise teacher effectiveness
Simon Burgess (University of Bristol) Shenila Rawal (OPERA) Eric Taylor …Read More »What happens when you deregulate the teacher labour market?
Simon Burgess (University of Bristol) Ellen Greaves (University of Bristol) …Read More »A simple reform to make the school choice process in England fairer
Last week, on National Offer Day, families discovered which secondary …Read More »How fair is the education system in England?
The evidence shows that access to high-performing schools in …Read More »School choice and school admissions
Simon Burgess, Ellen Greaves, Anna Vignoles Each year around 600,000 …Read More »Teacher pay – what has been the response to the introduction of performance-related pay?
Simon Burgess (University of Bristol) Ellen Greaves (University of Bristol) …Read More »(Mis-)understanding school segregation in England? Comments on a new measure of segregation
Simon Burgess and Rich Harris A new measure of …Read More »Celebrating the GCSE Performance of the “Children of Immigrants”
Since 2005, I have shown here, here and here that …Read More »Using behaviour incentives to raise GCSE attainment in poor neighbourhoods: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Many countries struggle with a long tail of low attainment …Read More »Two points on league tables for Multi Academy Trusts
I think school performance tables play a valuable role, …Read More »Interpreting the numbers of school admissions – is the first preference offers rate too high?
Figures were released yesterday showing how many families received an …Read More »Part of the solution to the teacher shortage?
What can we do about teacher recruitment? Yesterday’s National …Read More »Teacher performance pay without performance pay schemes
Author: Simon Burgess Teacher performance pay without performance pay schemes …Read More »Changing the exam system
Author: Simon Burgess It will take a while to …Read More »Novices and Veterans: What new data tells us about teacher turnover and school deprivation
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess A new school year has …Read More »Reforming teacher training
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess This week the House of …Read More »Who fails wins? The impact of failing an Ofsted Inspection
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess What is the best way …Read More »Why the new school league tables are much better … but could be better still
Rebecca Allen (IOE) and Simon Burgess (CMPO) Tomorrow the new …Read More »“All we want is a good local school”
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess Two articles in the Times …Read More »A Report of Two Halves
Simon Burgess We published some research last Friday showing that …Read More »What are Free Schools for?
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess As children start their lessons …Read More »Revising the Draft School Admissions Code
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess From next week, officials in …Read More »Reforming school performance tables
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess Yesterday the Government published its …Read More »Who is Aiming High?
Simon Burgess What do you hope for in life? More …Read More »Are school league tables any use to parents?
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess Today is “school league tables” …Read More »Response to Education White Paper I: Teachers and teaching
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess The focus of the …Read More »“Systemic failure” in Welsh Education
Simon Burgess The release this week of the latest round …Read More »Where do star teachers come from?
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess This Sunday sees the …Read More »Paying to fail?
Simon Burgess Today, a very special education policy experiment was …Read More »The Browne Review and Incentives for Teaching in Universities
Simon Burgess Incentives matter. Our research has shown repeatedly that …Read More »Two observations on the National Audit Office’s Evaluation of Academies
Simon Burgess and Rebecca Allen Much of the media comment …Read More »Using Lotteries in School Admissions
Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess This week about half a …Read More »
