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School of shock: teenagers get dimmer

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International tests in maths and reading show that 15-year-olds today score what 14-year-olds would have done a decade ago. Our correspondent explains the long-term decline. Is Miami’s thriving economic growth sustainable? And why Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show is a microcosm of Britain.   


Guests and host:


  • Mark Johnson, senior editor
  • Cerian Richmond Jones, international economics correspondent
  • Sonny Loughran, Britain correspondent 
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 


  • PISA, education, test scores, exams, aptitude
  • Miami, Trump, Florida, hurricane
  • Jeremy Vine, Radio 2, BBC


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