Most primary-and secondary-school systems in the developed world consist of an initial
period of exposure to the same curriculum followed by diversification of curricula into …

“As globalization continues to confront the European Union with new challenges, each
citizen will need a wide range of key competences to adapt flexibly to a rapidly changing …

We study the efficiency of secondary school design by focusing on the degree of
differentiation between vocational and general education. Using a simple model of …

The theme running through this paper is that the relationship between education and
distribution is much more complex than one would think at first sight, and that there are …

Hierarchical and comprehensive school systems are compared with respect to efficiency,
where the possibility of failure at school is highlighted. At given ability, a student's probability …

For the past twenty years I have been a classroom teacher in international schools and have
gained a familiarity with a variety of national and international curricula. My last teaching role …

School entrance examinations are both an incentive system to motivate students and a
screening device to identify students with the most potential. To maximize incentives to …

Hierarchical and comprehensive school systems are compared with respect to efficiency. At
given ability, a student's probability of not completing school rises with increasing mean …

We study the efficiency of secondary school design by focusing on the degree of
differentiation between vocational and general education. Using a simple model of …