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Featured blog posts

  • February 20, 2020

    By Jennifer Craw On Monday, Maryland lawmakers gathered for a joint committee hearing on legislation that aims to transform the state’s public education system into one of the best-performing in the world. Known as the “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future,” the proposed legislation is the result of recommendations produced by the Commission on Innovation and ...

  • January 31, 2020

    By Nathan Driskell NCEE staff saw some of the very best of Finnish vocational education in action when we visited the state-of-the-art Omnia Vocational School in Espoo, Finland this past month. Omnia serves pupils from ages 16-82: 7,000 students in upper secondary education and post-secondary education along with over 25,000 adults seeking some ...

  • June 28, 2016

    Ligel Lambert, a U.S. art teacher at Shanghai’s Shi Xi High School, highlights the IB program’s emphasis on independent learning, critical thinking, and English fluency, contrasting it with classroom norms in China, Japan, Korea, and the U.S.

  • May 31, 2016

    This interview with Mistilina Sato highlights how Shanghai’s collaborative teaching culture, with peer observation, mentorship, and shared lesson planning, supports teacher growth and career advancement.

  • May 31, 2016

    Teachers in the U.S. spend more time teaching, and thus have less time for collaboration and planning, than their counterparts in high-performing education systems.

  • April 28, 2016

    High-performing education systems view teachers as highly-trained professionals, and teachers in those systems feel valued.