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Featured blog posts

  • May 5, 2022

    This just-released report outlines the rich conversations that took place among leaders from a set of the world’s highest-performing education systems about the impact of digitalization and other global trends on the future of work and civil society; what this means for what students should learn and how they should learn it; and how this might change the role of educators and the design of public education systems.

  • May 2, 2022

    There are too many incentives for teachers to leave the classroom and not enough for them to stay, NCEE’s Jason Dougal and Ann Borthwick argue in a commentary for K-12 Dive. Dougal and Borthwick lay out a vision for an education system in which teachers’ work environment is more like that of doctors and lawyers and they are rewarded for leading the growth of their colleagues. Implementing these changes in light of current teacher shortages will attract more people to education and keep them in classrooms longer.

  • May 6, 2021

    By Gretchen Cheney Last week the Biden Administration proposed making two years of community college free to students, extending public education by two years. Many top-performing countries have gone further than this in recent years, aiming to build lifelong learning systems that support continuous learning and upskilling through all phases of life. For ...

  • April 29, 2021

    By Jennifer Craw Top-performing education systems have long understood the value of providing teachers with time in their schedules outside of teaching—time to prepare lessons, observe and collaborate with their peers, conduct research to improve practice, and build relationships with students and families. The data in the chart above show that teachers in ...

  • April 23, 2021

    By Gretchen Cheney As awareness of the global climate crisis grows, jurisdictions around the world are taking steps to infuse environmental awareness and sustainability into their school curricula to help future generations be more environmentally responsible. For more than ten years now, the Canadian province of Ontario has provided curriculum maps to school ...

  • March 18, 2021

    Schools play a key role in providing a broad set of learning experiences for all students both in and outside of the classroom. Learning experiences that occur outside of school often are an opportunity for students to develop the competencies and skills that are so crucial for success in life and in a ...

  • November 29, 2018

    The best education systems in the world are able to educate not only advantaged students, but also disadvantaged students to high levels so that they graduate with the skills they need to participate fully in society.

  • November 1, 2018

    By Brendan Williams-Kief “Early childhood education and care today is not where it was even ten years ago,” said Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, lead researcher of the new landmark study The Early Advantage from NCEE’s Center on International Education and Benchmarking, in a webinar earlier this month, hosted by NCEE president Marc Tucker. ...

  • November 1, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw How are top-performing education systems expanding access to free, high-quality early childhood education and care? This month we look at how six countries are working to provide free or subsidized early childhood education and care to the students who need it most.

  • September 27, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw A perennial top-performer, Japan manages to outperform many of its counterparts – including the U.S. – while spending far less on education overall. Read more about this highly efficient system at CIEB’s profile of Japan’s education system.

  • August 30, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw As students all over the world prepare to head back to school, we look at three models of grade retention in Japan, the Netherlands and the U.S. to see how each impacts student performance.

  • August 30, 2018

    As the summer months come to a close, CIEB spoke to members of our International Advisory Board to find out what issues are front of mind for them in today’s ever-evolving world of work and its impact on education.

  • June 29, 2018

    The following piece on Singapore’s educator career ladder is authored by Qidong ‘Alan’ Yang, a Senior Teacher of English Language for primary school students in Singapore. In Singapore, all educators—teachers, leaders and ministry specialists—are part of a single career progression system. To read more about how top-performing education systems assure an abundant supply ...

  • June 29, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw Not only is British Columbia one of the highest performing education systems in the world according to PISA, but its large proportion of immigrant students outperform their non-immigrant peers.

  • November 29, 2018

    The best education systems in the world are able to educate not only advantaged students, but also disadvantaged students to high levels so that they graduate with the skills they need to participate fully in society.

  • November 1, 2018

    By Brendan Williams-Kief “Early childhood education and care today is not where it was even ten years ago,” said Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, lead researcher of the new landmark study The Early Advantage from NCEE’s Center on International Education and Benchmarking, in a webinar earlier this month, hosted by NCEE president Marc Tucker. ...

  • November 1, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw How are top-performing education systems expanding access to free, high-quality early childhood education and care? This month we look at how six countries are working to provide free or subsidized early childhood education and care to the students who need it most.

  • September 27, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw A perennial top-performer, Japan manages to outperform many of its counterparts – including the U.S. – while spending far less on education overall. Read more about this highly efficient system at CIEB’s profile of Japan’s education system.

  • August 30, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw As students all over the world prepare to head back to school, we look at three models of grade retention in Japan, the Netherlands and the U.S. to see how each impacts student performance.

  • August 30, 2018

    As the summer months come to a close, CIEB spoke to members of our International Advisory Board to find out what issues are front of mind for them in today’s ever-evolving world of work and its impact on education.

  • June 29, 2018

    The following piece on Singapore’s educator career ladder is authored by Qidong ‘Alan’ Yang, a Senior Teacher of English Language for primary school students in Singapore. In Singapore, all educators—teachers, leaders and ministry specialists—are part of a single career progression system. To read more about how top-performing education systems assure an abundant supply ...

  • June 29, 2018

    By Jennifer Craw Not only is British Columbia one of the highest performing education systems in the world according to PISA, but its large proportion of immigrant students outperform their non-immigrant peers.