The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Skills
“This study demonstrates that meaningful measures of quality can be determined for many countries and that these would provide clear goals for educational development.” — Eric Hanushek Quality is more important than quantity, according to a recent OECD report published by the World Bank on Universal Basic Skills. The report shows how meeting basic PISA learning goals begets economic growth. 76 countries were studied....
The Global Search for Education: New Study – Social and Emotional Learning
“The Second Step Program in the United States introduces age-appropriate weekly lessons for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. They include activities designed to foster empathy, emotional coping and problem solving as well as to prevent bullying and substance abuse.” — Koji Miyamoto The best educational institutions in the world recognize that development of the whole child instead of focus mainly on the...
Around the World in 30 Days – July 2015
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report This month, I continued my conversations with leaders from around the world on today’s pressing issues in education – from the challenges of graduates seeking jobs to the psychological burden of bullying, from the Japanese academic community’s protests for peace to the International Baccalaureate’s commitment to multiculturalism. Meanwhile, locally in New York, I...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What are several real ways you have seen bullying reduced?
Dr. Tracey C. Burns is a Project Leader at the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Directorate for Education and Skills in Paris (@OECD_Edu). She is considered a global expert on the subject of bullying. She notes “there is a huge amount of political attention being paid to the issue” and she summarizes this serious global problem as follows: In terms of prevalence, the bottom line is that it...
The Global Search for Education: Education and Gender
“Even high-achieving girls are less confident in their abilities in mathematics and science, and more anxious towards mathematics. As such, they are less apt to want to pursue further education in these subjects or to pursue a career in mathematics or science-related fields.” — Francesca Borgonovi/Marilyn Achiron PISA’s just published report – The ABC of Gender Equality in Education: Aptitude, Behaviour,...
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