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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes December 2016	Professor Stephen Gorard and Doctor Nadia Siddiqui	Education policy Education research Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Durham University
Selective comprehensives 2017: admissions to high-attaining non-selective schools for disadvantaged pupils March 2017	Carl Cullinane, Jude Hillary, Joana Andrade and Stephen McNamara	Education research Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Sutton Trust
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects April 2017	Pre-Kindergarten Task Force	Early years and foundation stage View all	Brookings, Duke Center of Child and Family Policy
Disadvantage, behaviour and cognitive outcomes: longitudinal analysis from age 5 to 16 March 2017	Haroon Chowdry and Tom McBride	Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility View all	Early Intervention Foundation
There are no short cuts May 2004	Rafe Esquith	Pupil development and support	First Anchor Books
Giving kids a fair chance 2013	Professor James Heckman	Education theory	Boston Review
Intelligence: all that matters June 2015	Dr Stuart Ritchie	Education theory	Hodder and Stoughton
The beautiful tree: a personal journey into how the world’s poorest people are educating themselves 2009	Professor James Tooley	Education theory View all	Cato Institute
How to run an Academy school 2014	Katie Paxton-Doggett	Education theory	Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Aristotelian character education April 2016	Professor Kristján Kristjánsson	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Pupil development and support +2 more	Routledge
The knowledge deficit: closing the shocking education gap for American children January 2006	Dr Eric D Hirsch, Jr	Curriculum planning Curriculum/subject related Education policy +4 more	Mariner Books
Battle hymn of the tiger teachers: the Michaela way November 2016	Katharine Birbalsingh	Behaviour Education policy Education theory +7 more	John Catt Educational
The bell curve: intelligence and class structure in American life 1994	Doctor Richard Herrnstein and Doctor Charles Murray	Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development View all	The Free Press

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