8 out of 10 teachers think edu...
For many teachers, news coverage of education seems to be unrelentingly negative. They say this is particularly noticeable in...
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Around the World in 30 Days – ...
C. M. Rubin’s global education reportIn March, I continued my conversations with thought leaders around the world. The ABC of Gender...
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By Ann Puntis and Melanie Hilton Today’s college graduates are looking at the big picture — towards the world of multinational...
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“The convergence of different studies showing steady improvement indicates that indeed a real change in teaching and learning...
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“The more important questions that countries have to ask themselves are why they are comparing with one another and what they...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The holiday seasons of 2012 and 2013 in the education world have been dominated by the release of new...
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People in Western countries sceptical about the success of Chinese pupils in the international Pisa tests have been attacked as bad...
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Sir Michael Wilshaw’s annual report will condemn ‘unacceptable waste of human potential’ White working-class...
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Diane Ravitch – The news reports say that the test scores of American students on the latest PISA test are...
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Jay P. greene – What do you see in this picture? The new PISA results are out and education charlatans of every stripe...
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Michael F. Shaughnessy – 1) Neal, the PISA results are now out, and of course some people are whining and wailing. But in the...
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Finland has for years been a leader in education, scoring at or near the top of international assessments and capturing the attention...
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AFT’s Weingarten: “The crucial question we face now is whether we have the political will to move away from the failed policies and...
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Education International (EI) has reacted to the release of the results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment...
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Tests taken by 15-year-olds to determine international rankings are so politically important that schools should prepare pupils for...
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Peter Wilby – Once again Britain has done badly in the international assessment of schooling. But there is more to learning...
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Individual secondary schools in England will be able to take influential international tests to see how they compare with the highest...
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Research has sought to understand why more boys than girls excel in math and science in the U.S. “The gender gap in math and...
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“We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live” —...
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“The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers and principals, since student learning is...
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