Long term readers (hi!) may recall my failure to achieve the target I had of reading 50 books in 2016. I had joined the 2016 Goodreads reading challenge, logged my reading activity, and hence had access to the data needed track my progress at the end of the year. It turns out that 41 books … Continue reading Books I read in 2017
Tag: Education
Characteristics of England’s secondary school teachers
In exploring the data behind England's teacher supply model, it became apparent that the split of teachers by gender and age shows certain patterns by subject. Click through and use the below viz interactively to answer questions such as: How many secondary school teachers are there in the UK? What percentage of all teachers are female? Are there certain … Continue reading Characteristics of England’s secondary school teachers
How many teachers do we need? The official Governmental model
How do we know how many teachers are required to keep the UK's schools in good working order? It's an interesting question, with obvious implications for Governmental education policy with regards to teacher compensation, incentives, training places and so on. The "official" requirements are calculated via the Government's "Teacher Supply Model", which, happily, in the … Continue reading How many teachers do we need? The official Governmental model
Dabbling with Data 