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New technology in schools: is there a payoff?

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Silva, Olmo - 2006

Despite its high relevance to current policy debates, estimating the causal effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment on educational standards remains fraught with difficulties. In this paper, we exploit a change in the rules governing ICT funding across different school...

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"Teaching to Teach" Literacy

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2016

in the mid-2000s about how children are taught to read. We conceptualise this as a shock to the education production …

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Closing the Gap between Vocational and General Education? Evidence from University Technical Colleges in England

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2020

Some countries, notably those which have long had a weak history of vocational education like the UK and the US, have … recently seen a rapid expansion of hybrid schools which provide both general and vocational education. England introduced …

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Closing the Gap between Vocational and General Education? Evidence from University Technical Colleges in England

Machin, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2020

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Closing the gap between vocational and general education? Evidence from University Technical Colleges in England

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2023

Delivery of vocational education in schools is a controversial issue around the world and attempts to improve it have … been tried for decades. A substantive innovation in vocational education provision came about in 2010 in England when a new … form of hybrid schools was introduced that combine general and vocational education: University Technical Colleges (UTCs …

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