Tom_Richmond
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RT @: Fifteen more university technical colleges to open in next two years - << great news.
12:51 AM May 29th
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Seems like Lord Adonis has decided he isn't that keen on the Coalition's education reforms after all -
1:46 AM May 24th
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Short podcast on America's 'Race to the Top' scheme that links cash grants to school test scores (+inevitable backlash)
3:18 AM May 19th
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Facebook is now worth over $100 billion. Facebook's annual revenue is currently $3.7 billion. I'm just saying.
11:06 AM May 18th
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Public sector employees -37,000 and private sector +45,000 in last 3 months. Very finely balanced, but good to see private sector growing.
2:10 AM May 16th
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Overall drop in unemployment also hides 26,000 increase in people unemployed for over 12 months (total now stands at 883,000)
2:08 AM May 16th
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Today's drop in unemployment largely driven by 80,000 rise in part-time workers over last 3 months, full-time *down* by 27,000.
2:07 AM May 16th
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Wow. Unemployment down 35,000 to 2.65 million - first quarterly fall in unemployment since May 2011. Nice boost for confidence.
2:05 AM May 16th
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@ 2.3 million is still better than competitors, but I was personally expecting SoS to beat NotW because of existing strong brand.
2:23 AM May 13th
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@ Really? News of the World: "2,667,428 Average Net Circulation" up to July 2011 (see )
2:13 AM May 13th
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@ Agree. Maybe Sunday Times is reinvesting paywall revenue wisely to attract new readers or hold onto current ones?
2:10 AM May 13th
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@ And by 'launch' in February, data refers to readers in whole in Feb - not the actual launch edition. Apologies for confusion.
2:07 AM May 13th
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@ I think Sun on Sunday falling to 2.3 million readers is indeed interesting, as NotW still had 2.7 million when it closed.
2:03 AM May 13th
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Main Sunday papers over last 12 months: Independent -21%, Observer -16%, Telegraph -10%, Mail -7.5% and Times -6%. Very slippery slope.
1:52 AM May 13th
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Meanwhile, Sunday Mirror and The People are both selling less than they were 12 months ago despite collapse of NotW during that time.
1:49 AM May 13th
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After busy week at Leveson inquiry, interesting that Sun on Sunday sold 2.3 million copies in April - 1 million down on launch in February
1:48 AM May 13th
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Charter schools also raise substantial additional philanthropy e.g. KIPP schools have private contributions as high as $11,000 per pupil(!)
1:32 AM May 3rd
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However, charter schools in Texas and Ohio tend to have far more pupils classed as 'economically disadvantaged' relative to public schools.
1:30 AM May 3rd
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Also, NY charter schools have 10% fewer pupils on FSM, 50% fewer children with SEN, and 90+% fewer pupils with English language problems.
1:29 AM May 3rd
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Every charter school in New York systematically spends more per pupil than comparable public schools - some by as much as 20-30%
1:23 AM May 3rd
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- Name Tom Richmond
- Location London
- Web http://www.tom-ri...
- Bio Avid follower of education / skills policy. Previous roles include policy advisor on skills, teacher and education researcher. I tweet in a personal capacity.
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