K-12 Education

Ten-year-old pupils take part in a public examination at a school in Dhaka

Brown Center Chalkboard

Student test engagement and its impact on achievement gap estimates

Jim Soland

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

A student assembles a model aeroplane during an enrichment class at a secondary school in Singapore October 27, 2016. Picture taken October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su - RC17C9D176C0

Education Plus Development

How do we teach 21st century skills in classrooms?

Esther Care, Helyn Kim, and Alvin Vista

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Students take an examination on an open-air playground at a high school in Yichuan

Brown Center Chalkboard

The costs of misusing test-based accountability in schools

Jon Valant

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Children write notes from a makeshift black board at a school in Mwezeni village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province in this picture taken June 5, 2012. The Eastern Cape, home to giants of the African National Congress like Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu who helped end apartheid and Thabo Mbeki, the nation's second democratically elected president, is a glaring example of the ruling party's failure to deliver its promise of a "better life for all". While thousands of schools wait each year for textbooks and many Eastern Cape children are forced to write on loose sheets, the ANC has produced copious reams of policy papers to be studied by about 3,000 delegates at next week's meeting. Picture taken June 5, 2012. To match Insight SAFRICA-ANC/ REUTERS/Ryan Gray (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS) - GM1E86O1TK601

Education Plus Development

Real-time scaling, the 2018 World Development Report, and getting millions learning

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Molly Curtiss

Friday, October 6, 2017

Reports

Students play with their iPads at the Steve Jobs school in Sneek August 21, 2013. The Steve Jobs schools in the Netherlands are founded by the O4NT (Education For A New Time) organisation, which provides the children with iPads to help them learn with a more interactive experience. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E98L1HND01

Education in Developing Nations

Can we leapfrog? The potential of education innovations to rapidly accelerate progress

Rebecca Winthrop, Eileen McGivney, and Adam Barton

September 19, 2017

Children listen to their teacher on the first day of the new school year in a primary school in Nice, France, September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard - RC14C74B21D0

K-12 Education

Students return to school with significantly lower achievement levels

David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Education

Scrutinizing equal pay for equal work among teachers

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Thursday, September 7, 2017

People walk out of South Pasadena High School in South Pasadena

Children & Families

Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers

Brian A. Jacob and Kelly Lovett

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Students dissect owl pellets at the Excel Academy public charter school in Washington

K-12 Education

Some schools much better than others at closing achievement gaps between their advantaged and disadvantaged students

David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Blog Posts

Muslim girls participate in a mathematics class at Al-Haramain madrassa at the Islamic Complex in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, one day before a visit to the city by Pope Benedict XVI, March 16, 2009. Pope Benedict this week makes his first trip to Africa, starting in Yaounde on Tuesday. In many places in Africa, including Cameroon, Catholicism and Islam are fighting for souls. In Cameroon, which has a significant Muslim population, the pope is expected to meet with Muslim clerics. Elsewhere in Africa, the church is increasingly worried about losing ground to charismatic Pentecostal churches. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (CAMEROON EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION) - GM1E53G1NIL01

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Africa, education, and the 2018 World Development Report

Mariama Sow

Friday, October 6, 2017

Teacher Audrey Benes speaks to her kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois

Brown Center Chalkboard

Teacher diversity gaps and their evolution under Trump

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Friday, September 29, 2017

Students practise on their iPads at the Steve Jobs school in Sneek

Brown Center Chalkboard

Personalized learning: The importance of teachers in a technology-driven world

Anne Olson

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Events

2017

Sep

Past Event

Inclusive school environments: Improving outcomes for students with and without disabilities

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

The 2016 Education Choice and Competition Index

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Federal education policy under the Trump administration

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Teachers for the 21st Century

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn

2013

Strife and Progress

By Paul T. Hill, Christine Campbell, and Betheny Gross

2012

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Experts

Alvin Vista

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

@alvin_vista

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Multimedia

President Donald Trump's overview of the budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2018 are displayed at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Unpacked

President Trump’s education budget

Elizabeth Mann

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

A high school student tests a "Quipus" laptop during a presentation ceremony in El Alto, July 31, 2014. Some 15,000 public school students received the laptops, assembled by Bolivian state-run company Quipus, during the ceremony. According to local media, El Alto schools will receive a total of some 140,000 laptops this year as part of a government initiative to provide final-year high school students with access to a new laptop, aiming to incorporate the use of new technology in educational institutions. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR40UBC

Education

Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens

Esther Care, Sean Slade, Ramya Vivekanandan, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Students arrive at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton, Kansas, January 18, 2013. Students at the school do farm chores at the beginning of each school day. The Walton Rural Life Center - a kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in rural Kansas - uses agriculture to teach students about math, science, economics. REUTERS/Jeff Tuttle (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) - RTR3DVPU

Education

Charter schools and federal power: What’s next for education policy?

Elizabeth Mann, Jon Valant, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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K-12 Education

Student test engagement and its impact on achievement gap estimates

How do we teach 21st century skills in classrooms?

The costs of misusing test-based accountability in schools

Real-time scaling, the 2018 World Development Report, and getting millions learning

Reports

Can we leapfrog? The potential of education innovations to rapidly accelerate progress

Students return to school with significantly lower achievement levels

Scrutinizing equal pay for equal work among teachers

Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers

Some schools much better than others at closing achievement gaps between their advantaged and disadvantaged students

Blog Posts

Figures of the week: Africa, education, and the 2018 World Development Report

Teacher diversity gaps and their evolution under Trump

Personalized learning: The importance of teachers in a technology-driven world

Events

Inclusive school environments: Improving outcomes for students with and without disabilities

The 2016 Education Choice and Competition Index

Federal education policy under the Trump administration

Related Books

Teachers for the 21st Century

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Strife and Progress

Experts

Alvin Vista

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Multimedia

President Trump’s education budget

Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens

Charter schools and federal power: What’s next for education policy?

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