Private schooling makes no difference to academic result?

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Tree
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Re: Private schooling makes no difference to academic result

Post by Tree »

Thanks Fantasyvn2008

This is an interesting paragraph from the final conclusion:

"But it is equally important to stress that the researchers found that environments for students are also important and that the study does not imply that improvements in education will not have important benefits. For individuals living in the best and worst environments, this exposure is likely to make more of a difference to their educational prospects than their genes."

Which seems to contradict the original article and suggests that contextualising the worst vs the best schools makes sense. It seems to be another example where someone quotes results from a dataset that support their argument and why its always important to look at the original study if possible.

Also i would be very interested to read the :
new research by the UK Government’s university funding body

maybe this has been "selectively" sourced as well
mystery
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Re: Private schooling makes no difference to academic result

Post by mystery »

One of the studies quoted in the opening thread tells that a pupil with high a level grades has as good a chance of getting a 1st or a 2:1 whatever school they came from.

But do they have as good a chance of getting high A level results in the first place, whatever schools they go to? Surely that is the point?

Doing well at gcse in the subjects which set you up for the specific A levels you want to do is surely the key?
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