European PISA decline prompts investment
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New PISA results showed declines across much of Europe, prompting employers and unions to call for increased, targeted education investment to support disadvantaged children and strengthen school accountability.
by Luke Sibieta
I was delighted to chat with @tom-richmond.com again on his Inside Your Ed podcast.
We talked all things PISA, why most countries are seeing declines in results and why England seems to be bucking that trend
@theifs.bsky.social
We talked all things PISA, why most countries are seeing declines in results and why England seems to be bucking that trend
@theifs.bsky.social
🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
What did we learn from England's latest PISA results?
@lukesibieta.bsky.social from @theifs.bsky.social joins me to discuss whether England fared better or worse than 90 other countries in maths, reading and science.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
What did we learn from England's latest PISA results?
@lukesibieta.bsky.social from @theifs.bsky.social joins me to discuss whether England fared better or worse than 90 other countries in maths, reading and science.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
September 22, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I was delighted to chat with @tom-richmond.com again on his Inside Your Ed podcast.
We talked all things PISA, why most countries are seeing declines in results and why England seems to be bucking that trend
@theifs.bsky.social
We talked all things PISA, why most countries are seeing declines in results and why England seems to be bucking that trend
@theifs.bsky.social
Reposted by Will Jennings, Nicolai von Ondarza
fascinating piece on how 90 schools in London have closed since 2019 as a result of shrinking birth rates
www.ft.com/content/5b01...
www.ft.com/content/5b01...
London’s schools are running out of children
Councils want more powers to repurpose buildings and fend off academies
www.ft.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM
fascinating piece on how 90 schools in London have closed since 2019 as a result of shrinking birth rates
www.ft.com/content/5b01...
www.ft.com/content/5b01...
Reposted by Lawrence Freedman, Francis Ruiz, Jonathan Portes
New post out:
England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study.
Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve?
samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study.
Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve?
samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
Why England’s schools are doing so well
And what we need to focus on next
samf.substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
New post out:
England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study.
Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve?
samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study.
Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve?
samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
And in case you are wondering where Italy scores in terms of public investment in education…
September 22, 2026 at 5:51 AM
And in case you are wondering where Italy scores in terms of public investment in education…
Salvini, Meloni, Vannacci: “we will disenfranchise education, immigrant kids will be segregated, the curriculum will double down on traditional Italian culture (and btw no extra euro to schools)”
President Mattarella at Amatrice <taps mic>
President Mattarella at Amatrice <taps mic>
September 22, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Salvini, Meloni, Vannacci: “we will disenfranchise education, immigrant kids will be segregated, the curriculum will double down on traditional Italian culture (and btw no extra euro to schools)”
President Mattarella at Amatrice <taps mic>
President Mattarella at Amatrice <taps mic>
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Happy to share that our paper was accepted at AEJ: Applied! We show that Roma self-identification in Romania drops sharply with education, from 80% to 40%. Official data may undercount Roma post-secondary graduates by a factor of 3 to 6. andrei-munteanu-econ.github.io/assets/pdf/r...
September 22, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Economics is what economists do.