British students are slipping. Should parents take the fall?
White working-class children in the U.K. are lagging behind their peers. Fining parents could be the answer
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U.K.’s powerful vow to send their kids to state schools
But they’re still snobs, writes Leah McLaren
Canadian students have more math class, lower test scores
More class time is pointless if the curriculum isn’t up to par
Parents should talk more about post-high school plans
Don’t help with homework and forget the PTA: Keith Robinson is challenging the way we think about parental involvement as the key to a child’s success in school
Full-day kindergarten is failing our children
A closer look at Ontario’s $1.5-billion-a-year full-day kindergarten experiment
University: First year by the numbers
Crunching the numbers on the typical first-year student
The secret to success at school
Why kids need academic rigour the way they need play and water and food
Killers are welcome in my classroom
Why even the Oslo bomber deserves an education
Why we can’t afford bad teachers in first year
New research shows how much early instructors matter