News and Research 237 It Is Critical to Reopen Schools, Says World Bank’s Malpass | World Bank President David Malpass says reopening schools is critical for developing nations (Bloomberg). Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates | Congratulations Aroob! | World Bank Research ObserverContinue reading “It Is Critical to Reopen Schools”
HLO – Harmonized Learning Outcomes
News and Research 236 Measuring Human Capital using Global Learning Data | Analyses of a global database published in Nature reveal that in many developing countries progress in learning remains limited despite increasing enrolment in primary and secondary education, and uncover links between human capital and economic development. Although enrolment in schools has risen globallyContinue reading “HLO – Harmonized Learning Outcomes”
European Education Area
News and Research 235 March 8: International Women’s Day: Realizing the returns to schooling: How COVID-19 and school closures are threatening women’s economic future | COVID-19 is threatening the gains being made in girls’ education. Urgent action is needed to ensure that girls and women can realize the returns to their schooling COVID-19: Bringing GirlsContinue reading “European Education Area”
Time to Reopen Schools
News and Research 234 Time to reopen the school gates | America’s failure to get millions of its children back to school is a national fiasco. This was a big week for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The elected board that runs Maryland’s biggest school district held its first in-person meeting since it closed its 208Continue reading “Time to Reopen Schools”
Skills, Youth and COVID-19
News and Research 233 Georgia Launches New Information Portal to Support and Improve its Vocational Education and Training Sector | A newly revamped website, VET.ge, will serve as a hub and one-stop shop for information on new developments, data and statistics, best practices, government policies, and latest trends in Georgia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector.Continue reading “Skills, Youth and COVID-19”
Realizing the Returns to Schooling
News and Research 232 Realizing the returns to schooling: How COVID-19 and school closures are threatening women’s economic future | COVID-19 is threatening the gains being made in girls’ education. Urgent action is needed to ensure that girls and women can realize the returns to their schooling | Returns to schooling for women are highContinue reading “Realizing the Returns to Schooling”
Impact of the Poland Education Reforms – and other news
News and Research 231 North Macedonia: Education Ministry: Proposed reforms are in line with World Bank recommendations.. COVID-19 Response: Europe & Central Asia: Tertiary Education | Lucia Brajkovic, Assel Mukhametzhanova, Denis Nikolaev, Polina Zavalina | This Note offers recommendations in 11 key areas to policy makers at the national, regional and institutional level on howContinue reading “Impact of the Poland Education Reforms – and other news”
Learning – Before and After COVID-19
News and Research 230 Azerbaijan, Human Capital Investments are the Key to Resilient Growth in the era of COVID-19 | Fadia Saadah By limiting access to health, education, social protection, and jobs, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse human capital gains in Azerbaijan. In a recently published report, Survive, Learn, Thrive: Strategic Human Capital Investments toContinue reading “Learning – Before and After COVID-19”
Three Things We Can Do to Reverse the COVID Slide in Education
News and Research 228 In Armenia, Human Capital Investments are the Key to Resilient Growth in the Era of COVID-19 | Fadia Saadah Turkey’s Improvements in the Quality of Learning: TIMMS 2019 Results | with Ayse Gunay Gokben and Joel Reyes | Turkey has made considerable improvements in quality of learning, based on math andContinue reading “Three Things We Can Do to Reverse the COVID Slide in Education”
Tertiary Education and COVID-19
The World Bank’s Tertiary Education Projects in Europe and Central Asia are Supporting Efforts to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic (News and Research 228) The average private return to tertiary education is just over 15 percent. It is 10 percent in Europe and Central Asia, but increasing over time, despite substantial enrollment increases. Therefore, itContinue reading “Tertiary Education and COVID-19”
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