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Explaining the Western Cape performance paradox: An econometric analysis

Wills, G., Shepherd, D., and Kotze, J. (2018). Explaining the Western Cape performance paradox: An econometric analysis, in The Politics and Governance of Basic Education: A Tale of Two South African Provinces (Ed. Levy, B., Cameron, R., Hoadley, U. and Naidoo, V.): Oxford University Press.

November 8, 2018 By: Debra Shepherd, Gabrielle Wills, Janeli Kotzé PDF

Exploring how school leaders promote literacy improvements

The performance of South African learners in reading comprehension is extremely poor. The Progress in International Literacy and Reading Study (2016) highlighted that by the…

September 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

Structural inequalities in school leadership and management across South African schools

In the National Development Plan strengthening the quality of school leadership and management was identified as a priority to support improvements in South African basic…

September 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

The possibility of improvements despite a lack of existing high-quality no-fee primary schools

The low quality of South African schooling has been widely confirmed through international tests of mathematics and literacy. The 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy…

September 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

Academic resilience in challenging school contexts in South Africa

Poverty is considered a risk factor that jeopardizes children’s academic performance. Yet even in high poverty contexts there are students who manage to achieve consistently…

September 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills, Heleen Hofmeyr PDF

What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP16/2017 Publication date: December 2017 Abstract: This paper describes a rigorous data collection process to find and verify the quality…

July 16, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

Principal leadership changes in South Africa: Investigating their consequences for school performance

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2016 Abstract: A rising number of school leadership changes have been occurring in South African schools as a large proportion…

July 4, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

Interrogating a Paradox of Performance in the WCED: A Provincial and Regional Comparison of Student Learning

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2016 Abstract: The Western Cape, one of South Africa’s better performing provinces in terms of educational outcomes, has a relatively…

July 4, 2018 By: Debra Shepherd, Gabrielle Wills, Janeli Kotzé PDF

Gabrielle Wills

Explaining the Western Cape performance paradox: An econometric analysis

Exploring how school leaders promote literacy improvements

Structural inequalities in school leadership and management across South African schools

The possibility of improvements despite a lack of existing high-quality no-fee primary schools

Academic resilience in challenging school contexts in South Africa

What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system

Principal leadership changes in South Africa: Investigating their consequences for school performance

Interrogating a Paradox of Performance in the WCED: A Provincial and Regional Comparison of Student Learning

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