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How are districts actually changing and adapting to prepare students for the future and their life beyond K-12? What does this look like in practice, and how does a district move toward a new system, one that is learner-centered and future-ready?
By studying high-flying schools around the world, some district leaders in the U.S. are driving transformative changes to yield better results.
Vicksburg-Warren School District is transforming their teaching and learning experience & seeing results with far-reaching benefits for individuals, families, and the community.
In this report from the 2022 International Summit on the Teaching Profession, NCEE summarizes the latest thinking from high-performing education systems about how schools can responsibly harness new technologies, build more inclusive communities, and help to secure a sustainable future.
Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), writes about how five jurisdictions that have performed unusually well on the OECD’s PISA assessment organize their school systems now and how these jurisdictions are aiming to transform their systems to better meet the changing economic and social context.
Disparities in work experience during college between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students impacts how long it takes to secure good jobs.
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.
Providing meals for all students, and using meal times as a way to promote learning, is a policy many top-performing systems use to ensure that all students are healthy and ready to learn.
California’s new plan of providing funds for low-income students to save for post-secondary education is a strategy used by some top-performing countries such as Canada.
In this interview, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Jal Mehta argues that our current system of schools—designed in the early 20th century industrial era—need to become modern organizations capable of supporting deeper learning for all students.
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 ...
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 ...
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Providing meals for all students, and using meal times as a way to promote learning, is a policy many top-performing systems use to ensure that all students are healthy and ready to learn.
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California’s new plan of providing funds for low-income students to save for post-secondary education is a strategy used by some top-performing countries such as Canada.
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In this interview, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Jal Mehta argues that our current system of schools—designed in the early 20th century industrial era—need to become modern organizations capable of supporting deeper learning for all students.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The urgency of restarting economies has accelerated efforts around the world to provide broader access to high quality child care.
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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 ...