31 May Statistic of the Month: Teachers and Teaching Time
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28 Apr Statistic of the Month: Are Teachers Valued by Society?
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28 Apr International Spotlight: Comparative Education Research and Policy Analysis at AERA 2016
by CIEB Staff Presentations of the results from comparative international studies were plentiful at this year’s American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, “Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies” held from April 7-12 in Washington, D.C. More than 16,000 education researchers attended the annual event that...
28 Apr Tucker’s Lens: How to Get a First-Rate Teacher in Front of Every Student
by Marc Tucker We start from the assumption that policy should aim at getting a first-rate teacher in front of every student. Then we note that the research on expertise says that it takes about 10 years to become an expert in just about any...
31 Mar Tucker’s Lens: The Importance of Expectations, High and Low: An International Perspective
by Marc Tucker I was in Hong Kong recently, having breakfast with two good friends, both of them key players in the development of Hong Kong’s education system, which has for years topped the world’s student performance league tables. The conversation turned to comparisons of...
31 Mar Statistic of the Month: Using Technology Well: The School to Work Mismatch
by Jennifer Craw For more on the recent release of PIAAC results for U.S. adults, including examples of problem solving in technology rich environments, see this month's Global Perspectives....
31 Mar Global Perspectives: New PIAAC Data Show Continuing Skills Gaps
by Bob Rothman A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows once again that U.S. adults perform far less well than their counterparts in other nations in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving. The report presents results from the Program for the International Assessment...
29 Feb Statistic of the Month: High Achievement and Socioeconomically Diverse Schools
by Jennifer Craw Recently the OECD released a new report, Low-Performing Students: Why They Fall Behind and How to Help Them Succeed. Among its findings, the report shows a relationship between higher rates of socioeconomic diversity within schools and better student performance on PISA. Many countries...
26 Feb Shaping Strong Principals in Singapore: Success by Design
by Seng-Dao Keo The job of a principal in the United States has become increasingly complex, demanding, and lonely. Stress is high. Hours are long. Turnover is alarming. Internationally, we see a slightly different picture in the top performing systems, one in which the principalship is...
26 Feb Charles Fadel on the Future and How To Prepare Students to Survive and Succeed In It
by Marc Tucker I recently interviewed Charles Fadel for this column. Charles is the Founder and Chairman of the Center for Curriculum Design and a visiting scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has studied physics, electrical engineering, and business. Starting his career...