Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day

Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day (News and Research 169) Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day, says Pashinyan Armenia PM: Biggest role of education is to encourage toward self-education Universities in Armenia are continuing to face serious financial strain: SABER EU to assist ArmeniaContinue reading “Everyone’s education level should be at least a little higher every day”

Education for Human Capital Development

Education for Human Capital Development (News and Research 168) Tackling Learning Poverty to Drive Human Capital Outcomes An experimental evaluation of three teacher quality measures: Value-added, classroom observations, and student surveys The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research UNICEF’s latest report, The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, food and nutrition:Continue reading “Education for Human Capital Development”

End Learning Poverty

End Learning Poverty (News and Research 167) World Bank moves to halve ‘learning poverty’ and end illiteracy Belarus eager to borrow €65m from World Bank to modernize higher education system WB Executive Director: Georgia’s Education Reform Efforts are Important Is there a policy remedy for brain drain in Europe? US to support development of earlyContinue reading “End Learning Poverty”

The Education System and the Economy

The Education System and the Economy (News and Research 166) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to: Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” https://www.nobelprize.org/   The Education System and the Economy:Continue reading “The Education System and the Economy”

Peru

Peru (News and Research 165) An interview with former Peruvian Minister of Education Jaime Saavedra The race between education and technology in Europe and Central Asia While enrollment in tertiary education worldwide has gone up three-fold since 1970, the overall returns to education – the benefits to individuals and society from investment in education –Continue reading “Peru”

Is Education a Bad Investment?

Is Education a Bad Investment? (News and Research 163) Is education a bad investment, asks Jorge Moreno?  No, it is not, he says, and so does the evidence | ¿Es la educación una mala inversión? School-Based Management in Mexico, program combined cash grant with school improvement | intervention did not have an effect on performanceContinue reading “Is Education a Bad Investment?”

Human Capital and Knowledge

Human Capital and Knowledge (Education News and Research 162) How Much Chance Do Kids in Croatia Have of Reaching Their Potential? … a child born in the Republic of Croatia today has a 72 percent chance of reaching their full potential in terms of education, stated Harry Anthony Patrinos, the main man of the World Bank’sContinue reading “Human Capital and Knowledge”

Tertiary Education in Europe and Central Asia

Tertiary Education in Europe and Central Asia (Education News and Research 161) Presentation by Harry Patrinos   Teachers and Cheaters: Just an Anagram? When Students Don’t Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Student Effort Attracting Low-Income Students to Top Universities Let me write a dissertation for you: the micro-level cost-benefit approach to doctoral degreeContinue reading “Tertiary Education in Europe and Central Asia”

Human Capital Research in ECA

Human Capital Research in ECA (Education News and Research 160) HSE University and World Bank Discuss Joint Human Capital Development Projects On August 22, HSE University leadership met with Jaime Saavedra, Head of the World Bank’s Education Global Practice. Participants of the meeting discussed issues related to areas of current and future cooperation between HSEContinue reading “Human Capital Research in ECA”