Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Americans tend to treat high school graduates heading to college like baby birds leaving the nest — we cross our fingers and hope we taught them how to fly. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A new bill authored by several state senators wants to narrow the opportunity gap for underprivileged high school students who want to go to college, but don’t have the same guidance as their counterparts in more affluent school districts. More...

By Matt Zalaznick. The twin goals of affordability and diversity dominate the nation’s push to expand access to higher ed, but another critical factor—geography—is drawing more attention for the role it plays in where students go to college. More...

By Becky Francis. There is an increasing polarisation between how the best and worst chains of academies in England are helping their poorest pupils to achieve and progress at school. Our new research has found a growing gap between the most effective chains, where the results of the most disadvantaged students continue to improve, and the least effective chains, which have got worse. More...

By Stewart Riddle. A report released by UNICEF ranked Australia 24 out of 37 participating countries in education equality.
It is the latest evidence of a widening gap in educational outcomes between the most and least advantaged students. More...

By Sue Thomson and Richard Teese. The best tool for understanding how equal or unequal the Australian education system is compared to other OECD education systems is the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). More...

By Biniam Bedasso. Inequality has a profound impact on people’s ability to accumulate skills and knowledge. The protests that rocked South Africa’s universities suggest in October 2015 suggest that the impact of inequality on the distribution of educational opportunities may have deepened so much that it now affects social cohesion. More...