With student learning improvements not keeping up with today’s ever-shifting demands, it is more important than ever before to improve the quality and equity of education systems around the world.
England is an outlier among OECD countries in having both lower numeracy and literacy levels among school pupils aged 16 to 20 than those in their 60s. Gwyn Bevan argues this constitutes yet another example of serious dysfunctions in the governance of England's public services.