Cross-posted at Education Week We Americans have long thought of our public education system as the great equalizer, the route out of poverty for new immigrants, the poor and the ambitious. That was true for a long time, but it isn't true anymore. Now, poverty is...
by Jennifer Craw The top performing education systems in the world have not only excellent student performance, but also a high level of equity in student achievement and an efficient model for educational spending. There are many ways to achieve all three goals and there...
Poverty Among U.S. School Children For the first time in history, a majority of students attending U.S. public schools come from low-income families, according to a report by the Southern Education Foundation based on the latest data collected from the states by the National Center for...
This month we cover dropping enrollment in U.S. teacher education programs, education reforms in Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Poland, the OECD's recent look at VET systems and the ideal school size, and more. Updates on Singapore’s VET reforms, teacher career management and special education Singapore’s new SkillsFuture...
By Nathan Driskell An island of 23.4 million people, Taiwan’s sovereignty has been hotly contested for over 500 years. After claiming Taiwan from China in 1895, the Japanese granted it back to the Republic of China after their defeat in World War II. However, when Mao...
Cross-posted from Education Week Not long after our new report on the American accountability system was released, Diane Ravitch responded in a blog. She began with a very brief but accurate summary of the main points I made. Then she quoted at length from a...
By Jennifer Craw Just how important is pre-primary education? The most recent PISA results show a positive link between pre-primary education and student academic performance. OECD defines pre-primary education as the “initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type...
Cross-posted from Education Week Mike Kirst has had a distinguished career as a leading education policy analyst. But, he's not just an observer. Kirst has long been in the thick of the action, starting with key leadership positions on the U.S. Senate Staff, in the Executive...
Cross-posted from Education Week The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896 that separate schools for minority students were constitutional as long as they provided educational services that were equal to those provided majority students. In 1954, in one of the most important cases...
Vivien Stewart recently returned from the latest in a series of international summits on the teaching profession, this one hosted by New Zealand. Once again, Stewart was asked by the sponsors to write a summary of the proceedings, a report she is now working on. ...