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Strong school leadership is critical to shaping learning environments, supporting high-quality teachers and teaching, and improved student outcomes. A new report from the Learning Policy Institute explores what makes a high-quality school leadership professional learning program.
In this interview, Anthony Mackay talks to Tracey Burns about her latest paper “What schools for tomorrow? Futures thinking and leading for uncertainty.”
The pandemic has highlighted the tight connection between early childhood education and care and economic success for families and educational and social success for students. This has led to significant reforms around the world to both expand access to early childhood education and care and improve the quality of available programs.
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 ...
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 ...
The urgency of restarting economies has accelerated efforts around the world to provide broader access to high quality child care.
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 ...
Nearly half of U.S. teachers wish they had more opportunities to collaborate with their peers.
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.
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 ...
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.
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. ...
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.
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.
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.
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Nearly half of U.S. teachers wish they had more opportunities to collaborate with their peers.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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. ...
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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.
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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.
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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.