Ensuring all students reach basic skill levels could significantly boost GDP, with top-performing countries showing that improving education outcomes is achievable, even for disadvantaged students.

Authors Nancy Hoffman of Jobs for the Future and Robert Schwartz of the Harvard Graduate School of Education shed new light on the Swiss VET system, how businesses play—and benefit from—a central role in the training of a highly skilled workforce, and the seamless connections between VET and the broader Swiss education system.

Marc Tucker explores what sets the Singapore Vocational Education and Training system apart—including good governance and a strong link to business.