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”
Skills, Preferences and Labor Market Outcomes
Skills, Preferences and Labor Market Outcomes (News and Research 164) The automation revolution is upon us: how can education systems best prepare the workers of the future? | Automation is accelerating the race between education and technology. The ability of education systems to respond to the demand for higher-order skills will be crucial for mitigatingContinue reading “Skills, Preferences and Labor Market Outcomes”
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”
Education Reform
Education Reform (Education News and Research 159) World Bank: Education reform in Ukraine should be accelerated, expanded | World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Satu Kahkonen believes that the reform of education in Ukraine should be accelerated and expanded… Factors Behind Regional Inequality in Education in Kazakhstan | In the fall ofContinue reading “Education Reform”
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