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The Third International Summer School ‘DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT AND INEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES’

The Third International Summer School ‘DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT AND INEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES’
Call for applications extended until May 24

Martin Carnoy, professor at Stanford University - about school and educational inequality

Martin Carnoy, professor at Stanford University - about school and educational inequality
Members of our Laboratory presented their research in the international conference “Trajectories in education and careers”

Professor Andy Green, University of London: Skills inequality in Russia is lower than in other countries.

Professor Andy Green, University of London: Skills inequality in Russia is lower than in other countries.
Education determines people's chances of success in life. Also it is the mechanism for the reproduction of the social stratification of the new generations. The form of the educational system in the country is related with skills distribution in society and the level of inter-generational social mobility. This is an important factor of income distribution of the population, which leads economic inequality. Therefore, the modern debates about educational inequality and policy in this area are important to reduce economic inequality.

High achievers are the best in applying their school knowledge

High achievers are the best in applying their school knowledge
On April 2, 2014 at the XV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development the "Development of Education» section has discussed the results of international comparative studies of the quality of education TIMSSi PISA on the same sample of Russian schoolchildren.