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Reforming education: The great schools revolution
Read Read also: How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better Education remains the trickiest part of attempts to reform the public sector. But as ever more countries embark on it, some vital lessons are beginning to be … Continue reading
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All-round education for life – a “truly outstanding school” in one of the highest performing education systems in the world
Hong Kong-China is one of the leading performers in the OECD PISA survey. It’s in the top 4 for reading, mathematics and science along with Shanghai-China, Korea and Finland, (while the UK’s results are in line with the OECD average … Continue reading
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OECD: Top 5 actions to take in education today
OECD: Top 5 actions to take in education today What is the most important action we need to take in education today? People from over 90 countries have expressed their priorities for action in education. They participated in Raise … Continue reading
Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education – Lessons from PISA
What does the “top” look like internationally? How have the countries at the top managed to achieve sustained high performance or to significantly improve their performance? The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) provides the world’s most extensive and … Continue reading
PISA: It’s Poverty
PISA: It’s Poverty The comparison of PISA scores by poverty clearly identifies our strengths and challenges as a nation. Our schools with less than 50% poverty) are some of the best in the world. Our extremely high-poverty schools, with … Continue reading
The Real Lessons of PISA
The Real Lessons of PISA These two systems are diametrically opposed in one sense: Shanghai relies heavily on testing to meet its goals; Finland emphasizes child-centered methods. Yet they have these important things in common: Neither of them does … Continue reading
How Do Successful School Systems Treat Teachers?
How Do Successful School Systems Treat Teachers? And our national conversation about improving the quality of teaching focuses primarily on “getting rid of bad teachers.” Instead of doing what’s necessary to develop and keep good teachers, like improving teacher … Continue reading
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U.S. Teens Lag as China Soars on International Test
Fifteen-year-olds in the U.S. ranked 25th among peers from 34 countries on a math test and scored in the middle in science and reading, while China’s Shanghai topped the charts, raising concern that the U.S. isn’t prepared to succeed in … Continue reading
A failure of imagination
A failure of imagination It’s a failure of imagination. No one has been able to come up with a decent idea to deal with the problem. And it’s also an indication of why the U.S. is behind in Science … Continue reading
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Educación: Una cuestión de equidad
La prueba PISA, medición de la calidad de la educación que realiza el llamado “club de los países desarrollados” reunido en la OECD, trajo buenas noticias: el nivel de lectura de los niños chilenos ha mejorado progresivamente. Sin embargo, también … Continue reading
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