We analyze provider differences in preschool using linked worker–workplace data that span 20 years and that include the full population of municipal, for-profit and non-profit preschools in Sweden. We find that for-profit providers hire workers that have lower qualifications in all observed dimensions. (pdf)

Löner, kvalifikationer och indikatorer på personalens hälsa skiljer sig åt mellan kommunala, vinstdrivna och icke-vinstdrivna förskolor. Karin Edmark (SOFI, Stockholms universitet) och Lovisa Persson (IFN/Högskolan Kristianstad) har jämfört driftsformerna vid svenska förskolor under åren 2001–2020.

Rest matters, but it cannot indefinitely compensate for working conditions that repeatedly deplete staff.

Policy implications are seldom more than a paragraph or two at the end of empirical papers. The aim was therefore to explore social determinants of mental health across life through qualitative analysis of meta-synthesis of empirical publications from a 27-year school-leaver cohort. From the actionable empirical results, we suggest policies for primary prevention aimed at…

Some emotional labour performed by school principals can be described as care work. This article explores how care is performed by 40 principals who shared their feelings about managing a critical incident via a national qualitative survey.

Hur kan skolor skapa kvalitet som består över tid i en föränderlig värld? I sin forskning visar Michael Johnson, doktorand i kvalitetsteknik, hur skolor kan utveckla en långsiktig förmåga att skapa värde genom tillit, samarbete och lyhördhet.

Classroom routines, assuming they are reasonable and well thought out, can help students and teachers alike.

Strict bans on mobile phones in schools have “close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found.

 En ny studie från National Bureau of Economic Research visar att skolor med strikta mobilförbud har uppnått vissa – men långt ifrån alla – av sina mål.