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It does not matter whose figures you accept. Education in the UK is and will now always be largely second rate. Here’s why: 1. 93% of children are educated in the State system. This has a number of fundamental flaws. Firstly it is administered by local authorities. These organisation s are particularly inept in just about everything they do. There is no...
13:06 Wed 30th Oct 2013
The Daily Mail solely got it's figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, whereas the BBC's report is based on a combination of international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 and 2010.
I think looking at the two sets of results, that the BBC report carries greater weight...but then, I would say that, wouldn't I!
I think looking at the two sets of results, that the BBC report carries greater weight...but then, I would say that, wouldn't I!
I can't find the actual survey the Mail is talking about but here's what looks like a similar one, in which the UK fares better.
http:// 247wall st.com/ special -report /2013/1 0/15/th e-most- educate d-count ries-in -the-wo rld-2/2 /
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jake-the-peg
From the Daily Mail link.
/// The latest study, compiled by the Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank, used internationally recognised sources of information including data from Unesco that cover 96 per cent of the world’s population and 99 per cent of global gross domestic product. ///
The Legatum Institute, taken from this site.
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Legatu m
/// The Legatum Institute is an independent policy, advisory and advocacy organisation within the Legatum group of companies based in London, United Kingdom.[1] The Institute researches and promotes the principles that drive the creation of global prosperity and the expansion of human liberty. The Institute undertakes original and collaborative research and publishes case studies and ancillary literature. Recent initiatives include the launch of the Legatum Prosperity Index,[2] which measures prosperity across countries as a combination of material wealth and life satisfaction. The 2012 index expanded from 110 to 142 countries and the ranking is led by Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. ///
http:// www.leg atum.co m/insti tute
From the Daily Mail link.
/// The latest study, compiled by the Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank, used internationally recognised sources of information including data from Unesco that cover 96 per cent of the world’s population and 99 per cent of global gross domestic product. ///
The Legatum Institute, taken from this site.
http://
/// The Legatum Institute is an independent policy, advisory and advocacy organisation within the Legatum group of companies based in London, United Kingdom.[1] The Institute researches and promotes the principles that drive the creation of global prosperity and the expansion of human liberty. The Institute undertakes original and collaborative research and publishes case studies and ancillary literature. Recent initiatives include the launch of the Legatum Prosperity Index,[2] which measures prosperity across countries as a combination of material wealth and life satisfaction. The 2012 index expanded from 110 to 142 countries and the ranking is led by Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. ///
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And for comparison:
The BBC report was a global league table published by education firm Pearson.
I think this is their Wiki page:
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Pearso n_Educa tion
Pearson is an education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well as directly to students. Pearson owns leading educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, BBC Active, Bug Club, eCollege, Fronter, Longman, MyEnglishLab, Penguin Readers, Prentice Hall, Poptropica and Financial Times Press.
Pearson's rankings combine international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 and 2010.
This composite picture puts the UK in a stronger position than the influential Pisa tests from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - which is also one of the tests included in this ranking.
The weightings for the rankings have been produced for Pearson by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
I think in the end, you pays your money and you takes your choice.
The BBC report was a global league table published by education firm Pearson.
I think this is their Wiki page:
http://
Pearson is an education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well as directly to students. Pearson owns leading educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, BBC Active, Bug Club, eCollege, Fronter, Longman, MyEnglishLab, Penguin Readers, Prentice Hall, Poptropica and Financial Times Press.
Pearson's rankings combine international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 and 2010.
This composite picture puts the UK in a stronger position than the influential Pisa tests from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - which is also one of the tests included in this ranking.
The weightings for the rankings have been produced for Pearson by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
I think in the end, you pays your money and you takes your choice.
most of Pearson's money comes from selling textbooks in the USA, I believe, so you could argue they have an interest in showing American education in a decent light.
I don't really see the point in blaming the messenger for the message unless there's some self-evident reason why they'd spin it. But it's clear different studies have produced different results.
I don't really see the point in blaming the messenger for the message unless there's some self-evident reason why they'd spin it. But it's clear different studies have produced different results.
Personally I would suspect any "league" table that places the UK below the USA.
http:// www.tel egraph. co.uk/e ducatio n/educa tionnew s/97052 80/UK-e ducatio n-ranke d-sixth -best-i n-devel oped-wo rld.htm l
Something drastic must have happened in the last 12 months. Or there again it might all be b******t to be used for scoring political points.
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Something drastic must have happened in the last 12 months. Or there again it might all be b******t to be used for scoring political points.
Since most grammar schools were abolished, teachers have discouraged competitiveness. To hold up one pupil as top of the class is to discourage the others, - that's the current thinking. Exam standards have dropped, but we have to acknowledge that the government has noticed this. Whether they'll do anything serious about it, I doubt. Exam boards have a vested interest in getting more pupils through exams with high marks, but many universities now claim that the pupils with top marks are not always qualified to begin University courses. We must encourage a greater spirit of academic competitiveness in schools. And special measures must be put in place to see that no pupil leaves primary school if he ( usually he) is not reading fluently.
It is only too easy for (mainly ) women teachers to be intimidated by boys who find it more fun to misbehave than to learn to read.
It is only too easy for (mainly ) women teachers to be intimidated by boys who find it more fun to misbehave than to learn to read.
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I am loathe to get caught in the cross-fire between you and ludwig, but I would argue that the following is a statement, rather than a question:
"But I would say that, wouldn't I!"
because the person proposing it, already knows the answer, therefore he is putting forward what is grammatically a question, as a fact. This is why the exclamation mark is more appropriate than a question mark.
I am loathe to get caught in the cross-fire between you and ludwig, but I would argue that the following is a statement, rather than a question:
"But I would say that, wouldn't I!"
because the person proposing it, already knows the answer, therefore he is putting forward what is grammatically a question, as a fact. This is why the exclamation mark is more appropriate than a question mark.
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