My talk last night to the Skeptics was on the economics of education. In it, I mentioned two unexpected drivers of the drop in teacher quality. As I argued in my latest AFR oped: Read more »
My talk last night to the Skeptics was on the economics of education. In it, I mentioned two unexpected drivers of the drop in teacher quality. As I argued in my latest AFR oped: Read more »
My AFR oped today is on teacher quality, discussing the various ways we might identify the best teachers. Full text over the fold.
Any parent with a child born near the school entry age cutoff faces a dilemma - should they let their child start school a little early, or a little late? In the US, the practice of holding one’s child back a year is known as ‘redshirting’.
I have a little personal experience with this. My birthday is August 3, and the NSW cutoff was August 1. My parents opted to send me to school with the earlier cohort, but at the end of primary school, they decided that they didn’t think I was socially ready to enter high school, so they had me repeat grade 6. Read more »
One of the important issues in the economics of education is understanding which teachers quit the profession. Theory doesn’t give a clear answer on this. On the one hand, underperforming teachers might find the job to be harder, so could be more likely to depart; but on the other hand, high-performing teachers might have better job opportunities in other occupations. Read more »
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