The Global Search for Education: Help Failing Students Improve
“All countries can improve their students’ performance, given the right policies and the will to implement them.” — Andreas Schleicher “Low Performing Students: Why They Fail and How to Help Them Succeed” is a new analysis of previously published PISA data which discusses the factors affecting students’ low performance on PISA together with recommendations for what countries can do to help...
The Global Search for Education: With the World in Mind
“The IB has concerns for humanity hardwired into it, in its philosophical heritage, its mission, and today’s curricula.” — Siva Kumari Siva Kumari, the first female Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), has a lot on her mind. As global education systems scramble to find better ways to teach international perspectives and intercultural competence to the first generation of world...
The Global Search for Education: Learning for a New World
“We wanted to look at horizontal collaborative relationships, not just vertical hierarchies. Indeed, in the 21st century a great deal of the relevant learning does not take place in schools at all.” — David Istance A new OECD report, Schooling Redesigned: Towards Innovative Learning System, shows how to take schools, classroom, teachers, and students out of their default state of seclusion and into the expanding...
Around the World in 30 Days – September 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership…. “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” has set a plan of action in these 5 important areas. What role can education play? Can we use the world’s classrooms to educate and develop the competencies and attitudes required to achieve the new UN Agenda? I spoke about this with EFF14 debate...
The Global Search for Education: Can Tech Help Students Learn?
“There are many people involved in translating the promise of technology into a tangible benefit for students, and as a consequence there are many possible leaks in the pipe where things can go wrong.” — Francesco Avvisati A new report, “Students, Computers, and Learning: Making the Connection,” investigates the stats on crucial contemporary issues of technology and education. The author, Francesco...
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