CEP News: TES (Online): What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?

TES (Online):
What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?

16 July 2019

However, at this point in time, even some economists want a change in focus. For example, Professor Lord Richard Layard, from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, recently proposed that the Comprehensive Spending Review should be organised around prioritising mental health (Today, Radio 4, 25 May). It is hypothesised that such a move would stimulate economic growth as well as personal happiness - presumably because we would be more productive, take fewer days off sick, have fewer costly problems in our relationships, and so on.

A SPENDING REVIEW TO INCREASE WELLBEING An open letter to the Chancellor. Report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, May 24, 2019.

Happiness, Lessons from a New Science (Second Edition), Richard Layard, Imprint: Penguin. Published: 07/04/2011. ISBN: 9780241952795

TES (Online):What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?

TES (Online):
What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?