- Home
- Publications
- Better Schools For All? Introduction To National Institute Economic Review February 2018
Better schools for all? Introduction to National Institute Economic Review February 2018
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/niesr/assets/img/calendar-alt.png)
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/niesr/assets/img/chain.png)
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3-900x900.png)
Related Themes
Education and SkillsJournal
National Institute Economic Review
Publisher
Sage Publications, London
External Resources
Issue
243
In recent years, governments have spent considerable time, effort and political capital on education reforms in the expectation that pupil attainment will improve.Since the mid-1990s reforms in England have focused on school governance issues, notably the weakening of local government control over schools via the academy system; greater pay flexibility for teachers – even within local authority controlled schools; reforms to the teacher training and recruitment systems; and pedagogical innovations in the classroom. Since Theresa May became Prime Minister there has been an increased focus on the value of grammar schools and selection more generally, issues that were last discussed seriously over thirty years ago.
Related Blog Posts
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Skills-Mismatch-640x640.jpg)
Understanding Skill Mismatches and Regional Mobility
Larissa Marioni
Adrian Pabst
22 Apr 2024
4 min read
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-1457239282-640x640.jpg)
What Can Be Done To Better Protect Children and Young People From Serious Safeguarding Incidents?
Sophie Kitson
Ekaterina Aleynikova
19 Feb 2024
9 min read
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NIESR-ICICLES-Blog-640x495.webp)
Putting Increased Pressure on a Fragile System Does Not Help
Claudine Bowyer-Crane
Cecilia Zuniga-Montanez
15 Jan 2024
5 min read
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Higher-Education-Monday-Interview-Hero-Image-640x640.png)
Related Projects
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Child-Reading-Books-640x640.jpg)
Catch Up Literacy Pilot Study
![Community concept](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/community-640x640.jpg)
Better Start Bradford
Related News
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Mobile-Phones-Schools-Ban-640x640.jpg)
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iStock-1213665869_0-640x360.jpg)
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NuffieldSchoolsApril21_1-640x360.jpg)
Press Release: Targeted home support could be key in children’s early language development
21 Apr 2021
5 min read
Related Publications
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/School-Leaders-Project-640x640.png)
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Duncan-Adam-Smith-and-the-Bankers-640x640.png)
Adam Smith and the Bankers: Retrospect and Prospect
04 Jan 2024
National Institute Economic Review
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Miller-Promises-Perils-Smithian-Growth-640x640.png)
On the Promises and Perils of Smithian Growth: From the Pin Factory to AI
04 Jan 2024
National Institute Economic Review
![](https://www.niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Coyle-Economic-Progress-Adam-Smith-Dilemma-640x640.png)
Economic Progress and Adam Smith’s Dilemma
04 Jan 2024
National Institute Economic Review