Timor-Leste: Starting an education revolution Photo by: Cornelio Quintao De Carvalho / World Bank In a blog, World Bank Senior Director for Education Claudia Costin praised Fernando La Sama de Araujo, the recently deceased Minister of Education of Timor-Leste, for his visionary leadership. Indeed, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste should be praised for the progressContinue reading “Timor-Leste: Starting an education revolution”
The Data Revolution in Education: Implications for Education Policy Worldwide
My presentation at the Sampoerna University TRANSFORMING EDUCATION TOWARDS INDONESIA 2030 : NEW PEDAGOGIES FOR DEEP LEARNINGS Conference, 29-30 May, Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional (The Sampoerna Univeristy), Jakarta, Indonesia. (http://www.sampoernauniversity.ac.id/nec-page.html)
Revolusi Data Bisa Bantu Atasi Tantangan Pendidikan
Revolusi Data Bisa Bantu Atasi Tantangan Pendidikan From my talk at Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 29, 2015 covered in Actual.co (http://www.aktual.co/sosial/revolusi-data-bisa-bantu-atasi-tantangan-pendidikan) Minggu, 31-05-2015 06:01 Harry Anthony Patrinos (Foto: Istimewa) Revolusi Data dalam arti akses ke informasi, perubahan aturan pelayanan, dan meningkatnya pengambilan keputusan berbasis bukti (evidence), ketiganya adalah kekuatan-kekuatan yang bisa membantu mengatasi tantangan-tantanganContinue reading “Revolusi Data Bisa Bantu Atasi Tantangan Pendidikan”
Serving the Poor Differently: The Effects of Private and Public Schools on Children’s Academic Achievement in Basic Education in Mexico
Serving the Poor Differently: The Effects of Private and Public Schools on Children’s Academic Achievement in Basic Education in Mexico By German Trevino (2015 Doctoral dissertation, Harvard Graduate School of Education): “Private elementary schools in Mexico are usually seen by wealthy and middle-class families as an alternative to public education. However, private schools have notContinue reading “Serving the Poor Differently: The Effects of Private and Public Schools on Children’s Academic Achievement in Basic Education in Mexico”
Open Knowledge Repository
The OKR — Open Knowledge Repository — is the World Bank’s flagship publishing portal which contains all Bank research and knowledge, freely available online for anyone to retain, reuse, revise and redistribute. Take a look at my page at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/author-page?author=Patrinos, Harry Anthony which features work such as: Comparable Estimates of Returns to Schooling Around theContinue reading “Open Knowledge Repository”
The Implications of Changing Private Rates of Return to Schooling
From NORRAG: https://norrag.wordpress.com/2015/05/19/the-implications-of-changing-private-rates-of-return-to-schooling/ By Harry Anthony Patrinos, World Bank. High returns signal that tertiary education is a good private investment; the public priority, however, isn’t a blanket subsidy for all, but a concerted effort to improve fair, equitable, sustainable cost-recovery at the tertiary level. In addition to being a basic human service, education produces someContinue reading “The Implications of Changing Private Rates of Return to Schooling”
Pakistan’s unusually useful education report card
Pakistan’s unusually useful education report card.
SABER ICT and EMIS applications and policy symposium held in Beijing, May 5-6, 2015
ICT和EMIS应用及政策影响研讨会在京举行(组图) May 5, 2015 – 6 May, organized by the Institute of Fiscal Science, Peking University, China Education and the World Bank’s Global Education Practice Board, Chong off the headquarters, “education, technology, finance and policy -ICT and EMIS applications and their policy implications,” Zhongguancun Internet seminar held in association with the Education Innovation Center inContinue reading “SABER ICT and EMIS applications and policy symposium held in Beijing, May 5-6, 2015”
Returns to schooling in China
Schooling in China increased from 1.5 years in 1950 to more than 7.5 years in 2010 according to Barro-Lee (http://www.barrolee.com/). The returns to schooling increased from only 4% in 1985 to 16% in 2002 (https://ideas.repec.org/p/wbk/wbrwps/7020.html).
Inclusion, Diversity & Development and Indigenous Peoples
Inclusion, Diversity & Development and Indigenous Peoples World Bank HeadQuarters April 21, 2015 10-11:30