by Marc Tucker Educational technology is once again in the news. The OECD is out with a new report showing that heavy investments in classroom computers have not improved student achievement in the dozens of countries studied. This report should come as no surprise, given...
by Jennifer Craw and Nathan Driskell The best teacher training programs offer not only high-quality pedagogy and content courses to future teachers, but also extensive practical experience in the classroom both observing and teaching under the guidance of experienced teachers.[1] Below we look at minimum...
Key Reports OECD Explores Mixed Impact of Technology on Student Learning The OECD’s latest report, Students, Computers, and Learning: Making the Connection, suggests that although technology has been promoted as a panacea for education, in fact it is not associated with improved student learning. The OECD finds...
by Seng-Dao Keo School leaders are a driving force for improving teaching and learning outcomes in the highest performing systems in the world. In this month’s Global Perspective, we explore how school leaders are recruited, prepared, developed, and utilized in a number of education systems that...
by Jennifer Craw and Jackie Kraemer This month’s Top of the Class focuses on school leadership and the important role it plays in helping top-performing education systems deliver world-leading results. The Statistic of the Month explores what qualifications a sampling of top performing systems...
by Marc Tucker NCEE, the organization I head, runs the biggest and most successful program for training school principals in the United States, the National Institute for School Leadership. But we see a way to make it even better. We are more convinced than ever...
International Highlights The Skills to Remain Employed in the Current and Future Workforce According to the OECD Skills Outlook 2015 report, unemployed and under-employed youth remain at record highs in many European countries, with more than 35 million 16-29 year-olds neither employed nor in education or training...
by Nathan Driskell In the world’s top performing education systems, teachers are not only well respected by society, they are also treated as professionals by the system. These systems organize their schools as professional work environments where teachers receive incentives, such as additional compensation and...
by Marc Tucker Why do some countries grow rich and others languish in poverty? This is the question addressed in a very important new book, The Knowledge Capital of Nations, by Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann, and in a paper by the same authors titled,...
by Jennifer Craw The recent report by Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann, "Universal Basic Skills: What Countries Stand to Gain," published by the OECD, shows that even wealthy, developed nations can improve their economies by improving the quality of their education systems to allow every...