Education in Developing Nations

Global initiative around assessment of 21st century skills

UNESCO May 30, 2017

Schoolgirls queue up to receive from authorities at government school in Mumbai

WATCH: What are the key ingredients to scaling quality learning?

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Molly Curtiss Wyss

Thursday, May 25, 2017

A Play Lab in Bangladesh

The play’s the thing: Active pedagogies to improve learning

David Whitebread

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Students study in class at a school in Sanaa, Yemen, April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RTS12MBC

Developing breadth of learning

SSIR Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Refugee schoolchildren attend in a classroom on the first day of the new school year at one of UNRWA schools in of Palestinian refugee camp in Amman

The Economist asks: What’s the next great leap for education?

Rebecca Winthrop

The Economist Monday, May 8, 2017

Pupils walk out from their classroom at an elementary school in eastern Mosul, Iraq, April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RTS12N6M

Investing in growing skills for a changing world

Aga Khan Foundation Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Iraqi displaced children,who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul,play at Khazer camp,Iraq,December,20, 2016.REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RTX2VUT1

National early childhood care and education quality monitoring systems

Kate Anderson, Abbie Raikes, Sunita Kosaraju, and Alex Solano

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Displaced Iraqi children play inside a tent as they wait for the arrival of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during his visit at Hasansham camp, in Khazer, Iraq March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX33HJ8

New data on the breadth of skills movement: Consolidation

Susannah Horton, Helyn Kim, and Esther Care

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Students attend a class inside a school in a rebel-controlled area of the eastern Ghouta of Damascus, Syria October 19, 2015. The new school year in eastern Ghouta of Damascus was postponed several time this year due to airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the area in the last weeks, activists said. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RTS53NL

Learning progressions: Road maps for 21st century students—and teachers

Helyn Kim and Claire Scoular

SSIR Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Colombian children attend class at the school in Micoahumado, Bolivar Province in this picture taken on February 28, 2005. The children of Micoahumado never had to dream up excuses to stay away from school, they did not have that luxury. Until recently, Micoahumado was one of the most heavily mined areas of Colombia, which has the fourth-highest total of landmine victims in the world, after Chechnya, Afghanistan and Cambodia. Many of the 600 Colombians killed or maimed by the devices last year were children. Picture taken February 28, 2005. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/FEATURE/COLOMBIA-LANDMINES EA/HB - RTR5AB4

Latin American countries pay attention to global assessments of student learning

Emiliana Vegas and Pablo Zoido

Monday, April 24, 2017