In this report from the 2022 International Summit on the Teaching Profession, NCEE summarizes the latest thinking from high-performing education systems about how schools can responsibly harness new technologies, build more inclusive communities, and help to secure a sustainable future.

Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), writes about how five jurisdictions that have performed unusually well on the OECD’s PISA assessment organize their school systems now and how these jurisdictions are aiming to transform their systems to better meet the changing economic and social context.

Disparities in work experience during college between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students impacts how long it takes to secure good jobs.

Countries around the world are grappling with the reality of climate change and what it will mean for the next generation. Singapore and Finland have responded with national plans to rethink how their citizens use resources to foster greater sustainability, including actions that schools can take to better prepare students to take on the challenges ahead of them.

In this interview, Anthony Mackay talks to Tracey Burns about her latest paper “What schools for tomorrow? Futures thinking and leading for uncertainty.”

This just-released report outlines the rich conversations that took place among leaders from a set of the world’s highest-performing education systems about the impact of digitalization and other global trends on the future of work and civil society; what this means for what students should learn and how they should learn it; and how this might change the role of educators and the design of public education systems.

Superintendent Cederick Ellis found that replacing rigid class structures in an elementary school with a more student-tailored approach boosted student outcomes. He is now taking that approach to the rest of the schools in Mississippi’s McComb School District.

Tracey Burns, an international education researcher, talks with NCEE’s Anthony Mackay about potential directions for education around the world.

With increased interest in and funding for apprenticeships in the U.S., Switzerland’s world-class apprenticeship model offers lessons for how to build a CTE system that is both appealing to students and valued by industry.

Read highlights or watch the full video of NCEE's special in-depth look at the report's findings and implications.

America Achieves CEO Jon Schnur discusses the importance of a good jobs agenda and the role of career pathway systems for preparing children for the next economy on the latest Global Ed Talk with NCEE’s Anthony Mackay.