Education, economics and public policy

Taking the First Steps Towards Improved Teaching and Learning (Education News and Research 139) Classroom Assessment: Taking the First Steps Towards Improved Teaching and Learning in Tajikistan … Like many countries, Tajikistan has embarked on ambitious education sector reforms to provide opportunities for younger generations to succeed and to ensure the social, economic, and politicalContinue reading “Taking the First Steps Towards Improved Teaching and Learning”

Every child deserves to reach their full potential (Education News and Research 138) World Bank Experts: Estonia must teach people how to fail Meeting of the Minister of Science Sanja Damjanovic and the World Bank delegation How effective are early grade reading interventions? A review of the evidence: Early grade reading interventions are a reliableContinue reading “Every child deserves to reach their full potential”

Human Capital Project at the Global Education and Skills Forum (Education News and Research 137) My presentation at the GESF: A World Where Every Child Achieves their Full Potential: The Harmonization of Learning Outcomes Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins $1m global award Lado Apkhazava: one exceptional teacher’s recipe for unlocking Georgia’s human capital potentialContinue reading “Human Capital Project at the Global Education and Skills Forum”

Investing in Human Capital (Education News and Research 136) Proud to present Human Capital Index at high level forum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where HCI = 0.53, meaning child born today will achieve only half of their potential by time they turn 18 Learning for all: the essential role of teachers in inclusive education |  HannaContinue reading “Investing in Human Capital”

Human Capital Project in Central Asia (Education News and Research 135)  Training Assessment Project (TAP) for Moldova Lucia Casap, Koji Miyamoto and Min Ju Choi, find among other things that training providers have limited capacity to set demand-sensitive training strategies, monitor progress, and improve accountability Human Capital Project in Central Asia: Uzbekistan: World Bank presentsContinue reading “Human Capital Project in Central Asia”

Higher School of Economics (Education News and Research 134) Higher School of Economics University: Making Way on Top of QS Rankings in Education The latest update of QS World University Rankings that was released earlier this week has placed HSE in an upper ‘100–150’ band in ‘Education’ – the highest position in this subject areaContinue reading “Higher School of Economics”

Human Capital (Education News and Research 133) World Bank hails ongoing Uzbekistan reforms Investing in young Radu is investing in Moldova’s future Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Public Education Spending: The Case of Moldova World Bank brings Italian experience to Eastern Croatia Are There Social Returns to Education in Developing Countries? More Education, LessContinue reading “Human Capital”

Measuring Human Capital (Education News and Research 132) Measuring Human Capital | Students around the world are going to school but are not learning – an emerging gap in human capital formation. To understand this gap, this paper introduces a new data set measuring learning in 164 countries and territories. The data cover 98 percentContinue reading “Measuring Human Capital”

Beyond Basic Education (Education News and Research 131) Beyond Basic Education: The Economic Case for Expanding Schooling in Vietnam When the World Bank published its Human Capital Index in October 2018, Vietnam ranked 48th out of 157 countries. In education, Vietnam ranked 27th in terms of harmonized learning outcomes, higher even than the regional average. This is quite an achievementContinue reading “Beyond Basic Education”