In the Telegraph, I argue that the evidence doesn't support Nick Clegg's proposal to force all academies and free schools to hire qualified teachers. Instead, all publicly funded schools should be the given the freedom to do so.
Gabriel Heller Sahlgren (also publishing as Gabriel Sahlgren) is a policy researcher focusing on topics relating to applied microeconomics, especially education policy. He is active in both the British and Swedish debate. Consequently, this blog contains material in both English and Swedish.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Skolvalet försämrar inte likvärdigheten
På SvD Brännpunkt svarar jag Daniel Suhonen och co som hävdar att skolvalet leder till lägre likvärdighet och segregation. Forskningen visar att skolval om något ökar likvärdigheten, medan det är oklart hur den påverkar skolsegregationen netto eftersom den även bidrar till lägre bostadssegregation. Det är dags för skolvalets motståndare att börja diskutera forskningen som inte stödjer deras tes.
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
"Stryk kravet på skolbibliotek helt"
På DN Debatt svarar jag Miljöpartiet gällande deras krav på bemannade skolbibliotek. Forskningen är alltför dålig för att utgöra grund för politiken. Den enda rigorösa studien finner ingen effekt alls av skolbibliotek (trots dedikerade bibliotekarier och relevant studiematerial) och faktiskt negativa effekter av besökande bibliotekarier.
Friday, 20 September 2013
Leave schools alone to judge best in show
In the Times Educational Supplement, I write that there is little evidence that qualified and more experienced teachers are better than other ones, and about implications for policy: apart from a diagnostic assessment regarding subject knowledge, headteachers should be able to choose freely which teachers they employ.
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Pieces on education policy
In the last couple of months, I've published a couple of new articles on education policy. In the Times Educational Supplement, I argued that profit in education is important to ensure equity, and at the Spectator Coffee House I discussed myths and realities in Finnish Education, while also replying to Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg who claimed that for-profit schools have led to falling standards in Sweden.
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Retirement leads to declining health
The policy version of my paper on the impact of retirement on health has been released. It has received broad coverage, with BBC Breakfast, Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC News, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent and the Daily Mail among many other outlets in the UK. IEA people have been giving more than 20 interviews (I've given four myself), and the paper has also been covered in media all over the world, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, and China.
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