Education and Learning offers an accessible introduction to the most recent evidence-based research into teaching, learning, and our education system. * Presents a wide range references for both seminal and contemporary research into learning and teaching * Examines the evidence around topical issues such as the impact of Academies and Free Schools on student attainment and the strong international performance of other countries * Looks at evidence-based differences in the attainment of students from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, and explores the strong international performance of Finnish and East Asian students * Provides accessible explanations of key studies that are supplemented with real-life case examples