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01 Apr

Posted at 13:26h in Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the latest interview in NCEE’s Global Ed Talks series, Anthony Mackay is joined by Arne Duncan, former Secretary of Education during the Obama administration. In his current role as managing partner at the Emerson Collective, Duncan leads Chicago CRED, an...

23 Oct

Posted at 06:06h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] To measure students’ preparedness for an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted an assessment of global competence as part of the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). OECD defines...

08 Oct

Posted at 20:18h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Many countries provided child care for essential workers during the pandemic, but top performers went farther to support both providers and parents during this unprecedented interruption to childcare and work. Canada, for example, provided CAN$625 million (US$475.5 million) in...

27 Feb

Posted at 09:49h in Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Monica Pfister[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]On a recent visit to Estonia, NCEE staff learned firsthand that this Baltic nation—already a world leader in providing high-quality, accessible, and affordable early childhood education and care—is now tackling the challenge of attracting and retaining...

20 Feb

Posted at 12:14h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="21831" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text]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...

30 May

Posted at 13:52h in Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Monica Pfister At a recent event celebrating the release of The Early Advantage 2: Building Systems That Work for Young Children, the product of a multi-year study of innovative early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems led by...

23 May

Posted at 22:09h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw   The Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education has recommended that the state expand its current early childhood education program so that all 4-year-olds, regardless of income, and all 3-year-olds from low-income families have an...

20 May

Posted at 12:24h in Events, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Watch: world-renowned early childhood researcher Sharon Lynn Kagan on the release of The Early Advantage 2: Building Systems That Work for Young Children. Hosted by NCEE President & CEO Anthony Mackay, the event featured a presentation from Kagan on...

09 May

Posted at 14:30h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw   Some of the best early childhood education systems in the world have clear pathways for career development for early childhood educators. In Singapore, there is a national career ladder for all early childhood educators with three...

01 Nov

Posted at 10:48h in Mini-stats, Top of the Class Newsletter
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 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...