OECD says competition in education has failed

By Trevor Cobbold. The OECD has issued a damning verdict on education policies that promote competition between schools. Its latest PISA in Focus brief says that the PISA international test data show that more competition has failed to improve student results and has increased social segregation between schools.
"Across countries and economies, performance is unrelated to whether or not schools have to compete for students ... Competition among schools is related to greater socio-economic segregation among students." Read more...