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Featured blog posts

  • May 19, 2022

    Countries around the world are grappling with the reality of climate change and what it will mean for the next generation. Singapore and Finland have responded with national plans to rethink how their citizens use resources to foster greater sustainability, including actions that schools can take to better prepare students to take on the challenges ahead of them.

  • May 5, 2022

    In this interview, Anthony Mackay talks to Tracey Burns about her latest paper “What schools for tomorrow? Futures thinking and leading for uncertainty.”

  • June 17, 2021

    By Jackie Kraemer Like the United States, education systems across the globe are investing more in summer programs for students and expanding them to include both academic support to catch students up as well as enrichment and recreational activities to re-engage them, in response to a year of disruptions in school due to ...

  • June 3, 2021

    By Jackie Kraemer The idea that all students need an adult who is responsible for them and their well-being at school has gained traction this past year, as so many students were disconnected from school. One strategy top-performing systems use to accomplish this goal is to keep young students and teachers together over ...

  • May 20, 2021

    By Gretchen Cheney Students who took the 2018 PISA were asked to read a blog post which referenced a book review and then identify whether statements were facts or opinions offered by the author of the review. Only an estimated 47 percent of 15-year-old students were able to make this distinction. In an ...

  • May 13, 2021

    The urgency of restarting economies has accelerated efforts around the world to provide broader access to high quality child care.

  • January 24, 2019

    Nearly half of U.S. teachers wish they had more opportunities to collaborate with their peers.

  • January 24, 2019

    By Anthony Mackay In this first of a series of conversations on critical topics in education and innovation, Anthony Mackay is joined by University College London Emeritus Professor and CIEB International Advisor Dylan Wiliam to discuss his recent book Creating the Schools Our Children Need.

  • January 10, 2019

    By Jennifer Craw Once the world leader in college degree attainment, the United States now trails international competitors on this metric among millennials. South Korea, on the other hand, which roughly tied the United States for college educated young adults in 2000, has far eclipsed the United States to claim the top spot ...

  • 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.

  • January 24, 2019

    Nearly half of U.S. teachers wish they had more opportunities to collaborate with their peers.

  • January 24, 2019

    By Anthony Mackay In this first of a series of conversations on critical topics in education and innovation, Anthony Mackay is joined by University College London Emeritus Professor and CIEB International Advisor Dylan Wiliam to discuss his recent book Creating the Schools Our Children Need.

  • January 10, 2019

    By Jennifer Craw Once the world leader in college degree attainment, the United States now trails international competitors on this metric among millennials. South Korea, on the other hand, which roughly tied the United States for college educated young adults in 2000, has far eclipsed the United States to claim the top spot ...

  • 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.