Key Reports OECD Releases New Rankings of International Education Systems Based on Multiple Assessments The OECD released new rankings of the world’s education systems using a broader spectrum of evaluation systems, permitting the inclusion of developing countries that did not participate in PISA. In the new...
by Marc Tucker A little drama is playing out in the UK that might be of interest elsewhere. To provide some context, let me remind you that, in a book that topped the world’s education reform reading lists for some time, Finnish Lessons: What can...
In this Month’s Global Perspectives, we hear from Sing Kong LEE, Vice President for Education Strategies and Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Professor LEE, who previously led Singapore’s National Institute of Education, the country’s only teacher training institution, recently spoke with NCEE President...
by Jennifer Craw and Nathan Driskell Common among top performing jurisdictions are policies and practices that recruit, prepare, train, compensate and retain high quality teachers. The Center on International Education Benchmarking is looking deeply at how top performers do this, and in particular, we...
Key Reports Asia Called the "Next Higher Education Superpower" Substantial investments in higher education across Asia are making it a rising power in higher education, according to a new book by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The book, Asia: The Next Higher Education Superpower?, points out...
by Betsy Brown Ruzzi My colleague, CIEB Director Betsy Brown Ruzzi, recently spoke with Bruce Poh, Director and CEO of Singapore's Institute of Technical Education, about Singapore's efforts to strengthen the country’s already strong vocational education and training system. In 2013, Singapore convened the Applied...
This month, the Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) presents Keys to a Successful Vocational Education and Training System, an infographic for policymakers, practitioners and researchers. The infographic shows the organizing principles and practices that distinguish the systems that are most effectively and efficiently preparing...
by Jennifer Craw This month CIEB released an important new report, Made In China: Challenge and Innovation in China’s Vocational Education and Training System, which includes the findings from dozens of interviews with Chinese government, business and education leaders and visits to vocational schools and...
Key Reports New CIEB Report: Gold Standard: The Swiss Vocational Education and Training System In an era marked by increasing competition, automation, and globalization, how does Switzerland, a country that produces comparatively few university graduates, enjoy the world’s 4th highest per capita income and an unemployment rate...
by Marc Tucker You’ve never been to Estonia? You owe it to yourself to go. We just returned and the warm glow of the visit has not yet worn off. We cannot wait to go back. What these modest, friendly and highly educated people have pulled...