CEPEOExcited to be in Glasgow today for the inaugural joint @[email protected] @[email protected] workshop exploring 'What Makes Schools Work for Disadvantaged Students'
Scene setting from @[email protected] highlighting that education is a key driver of opportunities everywhere. And we see large gaps in attainment among the most and least deprived pupils across the UK
These gaps in attainment have widened as a result of the pandemic. Lengthy discussion about the impact of teacher assessed grades on ses gaps in attainment and how we can ever unpick this.
And now @[email protected] explaining how crucial parental investments are for later children's outcomes including cognitive development.
Does this mean we should tackle inequalities in skill development by trying to reduce inequalities in early environments? Not necessarily- there is also clear evidence of a causal effect of income on child outcomes.
Reducing income inequality will help reduce skill inequalities
Reducing income inequality will help reduce skill inequalities
Now @[email protected] highlights the many other factors which drive inequalities. Such as living conditions, access to computers, and private tutoring.
Work also shows that the timing of income matters. Income in the early and late stages of childhood matters more for outcomes than in the middle
Macaroni pies for lunch
And now Emilia Del Bono discusses the role of schools. School type and governance can matter. And resources matter: money talks!
Now @[email protected] on how assessment of skills can be affected by stereotypes. Teachers and parents can have gender biases, for example. These can affect kids future skills.
And here is @[email protected] again, our expert on the Longitudinal Outcomes Dataset. This is a key resource for helping us to understand how education can help equalise opportunities.
And @[email protected] on Cosmo, our new longitudinal cohort study tracking the impacts of the pandemic on pupils who were due to take their GCSEs when schools closed.
Next on data innovations is @[email protected] on the Growing Up in Scotland study, a large scale, longitudinal cohort study funded by the Scottish Government, which he has led since the study's launch in 2005.
We conclude with a policy panel with the Ellie Potter from DfE and David Leng from Scottish govt. Disadvantage is at the forefront of policymakers minds in both England and Scotland.
"Child poverty is a big challenge. We can do what we can in schools but there is a need to think holistically including early years and families."
Fascinating but depressing discussion on increased rates of absence since the pandemic. Many reasons for this including poverty and cost of living crisis, health, lack of resources of local authorities.