William C. Smith
University of Edinburgh
41 Papers
84 Citations
William C. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Education policy & Accountability. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 41 publications. Previous affiliations of William C. Smith include Pennsylvania State University & National Research University – Higher School of Economics.
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Papers
A meta-analysis of education effects on chronic disease: the causal dynamics of the Population Education Transition Curve.
William C. Smith,William C. Smith,Emily Anderson,Daniel Salinas,Daniel Salinas,Renata Horvatek,David P. Baker +6 more
TL;DR: A random-effects meta-analysis finds that across 414 published effects more education significantly reduces the likelihood of chronic disease, except for neoplastic diseases with substantial genetic causes.
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The Global Transformation Toward Testing for Accountability
TL;DR: The authors investigates the global transformation toward testing for accountability, where intentional or unintentional positive or negative consequences are applied to educators (teachers and administrators) based on their student's test scores, in light of the emerging global culture identified by World Culture theorists.
Improving accountability in education: the importance of structured democratic voice
William C. Smith,Aaron Benavot +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the critical importance of structured democratic voice in education and highlight the important consequences of implementing a process of structureddemocratic voice: in particular, sustaining educational reforms over time and meeting ambitious collective goals in education.
Consequences of school closure on access to education: Lessons from the 2013-2016 Ebola pandemic.
TL;DR: This article examined changes in school enrolment and dropout patterns after the 2013-2016 Ebola pandemic in Guinea and Sierra Leone in West Africa, with targeted consideration given to traditionally marginalised groups.