Some statistics are worth knowing by heart: The average – mean – income in the world per person is $18 per day. This is adjusted for differences in price levels. It means that if incomes could get perfectly equally distributed in the world all of us would live on $18 per day.

Join us for our Annual Lecture with @JoshGoodman_BU Boston University Wheelock Educational Policy Center Josh will be discussing "Post-pandemic schooling challenges: Lessons from the Research and Policy Worlds" Central Hall Westminster Thursday 20th July - 6pm-8pm Sign up now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-annual…

Keep seeing even well informed commentators saying rising rates/mortgage costs for buy-to-let landlords is driving rents up. This is (almost entirely) nonsense

🚨 Workshop Alert! 🚨 Join us on July 11th at Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities for a thought-provoking workshop on COVID-19 & Education in France and England 🇫🇷🇬🇧! With presentations from Bastian Betthaeuser @Etienne_Dagorn Oliver Cassagneau-Francis Camille Terrier 🔗 Link: forms.gle/MfkC5w18MKdUfj… #COVID19 #Education

Using evidence-based solutions to address absenteeism in our schools was a policy priorities that we proposed this year. In this blog, Asma Benhenda highlights the impact absenteeism has, including on Special Educational Needs pupils. tinyurl.com/3ptbjksy #CEPEOonAbsenteeism

📣 Friendly reminder! 🚨 Don't forget to save the date: July 11th! 🗓️ Join us at Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities for a thought-provoking workshop on COVID-19 & Education in France and England! 🇫🇷🇬🇧 Link: forms.gle/MfkC5w18MKdUfj…

Always great when research has impact on policy ! Our work on the effectiveness of teacher retention payments with Sam Sims mentioned by the House of Lords questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

1. The govts plan to tackle “low quality courses” has reared its head again this week… There are problems with the idea of restricting student numbers on courses which do not have "good outcomes" :

Hey look! There’s a second cover for my book! Any guesses as to why? 😊

A High School student just wrote to me asking for help on discerning correlation and causation. They said that they are visual learners. I sent this picture along. H/T my past self who posted this over a year ago.

Excited about this knowledge exchange opportunity with headteachers and other education practitioners !

'Affirmative action for the children of the top 1%'. Extraordinary chart showing the family incomes of those getting into the most elite US colleges (controlling for grades). nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Genius

Cyril Scarcelli Manag'éduc JL Simon (Proviseur Harteloire Brest) Aziz JELLAB C'est parti et ça fait du bien ! Merci Asma Benhenda et Aziz JELLAB ; JL Simon (Proviseur Harteloire Brest) aussi bien sûr !

Interesting take

[1/4] Merci Guillaume 2 Calignon Nathalie Silbert Les Echos pour cette interview sur mon livre à paraître ce vendredi, qui analyze combien le retard éducatif français et les problèmes d'orientation scolaire et professionelle nous coûtent en termes d'innovation, de croissance et d'inégalités👇

Hi #EconTwitter! 📊 Interested in the intersection between causal inference, econometrics and machine learning? Check out 👇 this fascinating 90' tutorial by Bernard Koch (UCLA) on deep learning for causal inference. Perfect for those exploring how neural networks can

What's the likely impact of Mayor Eric Adams's decision to move migrant kids, based on Princeton CHW economist Mike Cassidy's research with the city's data?