Four Education Trends that Countries Everywhere Should Know About (News and Research 100)

Four Education Trends that Countries Everywhere Should Know About Recently, we reached out to education experts around the world to hear what they considered the most pressing issues facing our sector today. Surprisingly, they all said that little has changed in terms of our most common challenges. What was changing, they agreed, were the innovativeContinue reading “Four Education Trends that Countries Everywhere Should Know About (News and Research 100)”

Learning more, growing faster (News and Research 97)

June 2018 Indonesia Economic Quarterly: Learning more, growing faster  Indonesia’s economy continues to grow at a robust pace. Higher global commodity prices spurred stronger investment. Over the last 15 years school attainment has improved significantly but student learning remains below the levels of other countries in the region… …15 years of education reforms have helpedContinue reading “Learning more, growing faster (News and Research 97)”

Estimating the Return to Schooling (News and Research 96)

IZA World of Labor featured article: Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation  Even after his death, a Nobel prize-winning economist is taking on inequality  Results-Based Financing Around the World: China: Understanding Effective Teaching Practices: RBF Around the World note and Full length paper | Indonesia: Results of Performance-Based School Grants Experiment: RBF Around the WorldContinue reading “Estimating the Return to Schooling (News and Research 96)”

Education Is Still a Good Investment (News and Research 94)

Recent World Bank Report Concludes that Education Is Still a Good Investment   As authors George Psacharopoulos and Harry Antony Patrinos write, “The concept of the rate of return on investment in education is very similar to that … The Ultimate Consumer Good: Education Trends in China  Boasting the world’s largest population, its longest-ever run ofContinue reading “Education Is Still a Good Investment (News and Research 94)”

Returns to education over the past half-century have beaten the American stock market (News and Research 92)

  From The Economist: Even though more people are doing it, studying is still worthwhile Which has provided a better return in recent decades: America’s stockmarket or education? The latter, according to a research review by George Psacharopoulos and Harry Patrinos for the World Bank. The two economists looked at 1,120 studies, across 139 countries, andContinue reading “Returns to education over the past half-century have beaten the American stock market (News and Research 92)”

For Better Returns than the U.S. Stock Market, Invest in Education (News and Research 91)

New Financing Will Support Cambodia in Improving Higher Education for Industrial Development  The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today US$90 million in financing to support Cambodia’s efforts in improving the quality of higher education and research in the country and broadening access to higher education for disadvantaged students. “We welcome World Bank supportContinue reading “For Better Returns than the U.S. Stock Market, Invest in Education (News and Research 91)”