Roundup of blogs and research – July 28, 2016

Assessing systems for hiring and deploying teachers in the Philippines Over the last decade, research from many different countries has demonstrated the important role played by teachers in improving students’ learning and increasing their competencies. Studies from countries as different as the US and Indonesia have shown the enormous benefits that follow from having adequateContinue reading “Roundup of blogs and research – July 28, 2016”

Shanghai Consensus: A Report on the Global Conference on Equity and Excellence in Basic Education

At the Global Conference on Equity and Excellence in Basic Education, May 17-19, 2016, in Shanghai, China (co-hosted by the World Bank, Shanghai Normal University and the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission), we learned lessons from Shanghai, discussed challenges among participating countries (more than 25), and agreed to collaborate to promote education equity and excellence around the world.

Roundup of blogs and research

Here’s the evidence that low cost reading programs can have a big impact The importance of literacy for economic growth and development is already well established in economic research.  Literacy e… Source: Roundup of blogs and research

Roundup of blogs and research

Here’s the evidence that low cost reading programs can have a big impact The importance of literacy for economic growth and development is already well established in economic research.  Literacy enables people to access information and improve their productivity.  I believe that literacy is crucial to the diffusion of new technologies, especially among the poor.Continue reading “Roundup of blogs and research”

Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation

Published in IZA World of Labor “The Mincer equation gives comparable estimates of the average monetary returns of one additional year of education Elevator pitch The Mincer equation—arguably the most widely used in empirical work—can be used to explain a host of economic, and even non-economic, phenomena. One such application involves explaining (and estimating) employmentContinue reading “Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation”

Here’s the evidence that low cost reading programs can have a big impact

The Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) was applied both before and after the program for both the control and treatment groups. The program’s impact was significant: initial sound identification increased by 0.91 standard deviations, letter sounds knowledge increased by 0.58 standard deviations, while familiar word reading increased by 0.04 standard deviations or an average of 0.51 standard deviations for all three domains.

Por qué la educación es importante para el desarrollo económico

Por qué la educación es importante para el desarrollo económico America Economia Análisis & Opinión 14/06/2016 12:16 pm Harry A. Patrinos En la Conferencia Mundial sobre Equidad y Excelencia en la Educación Básica, (i) que se realiza en Shanghai (China) del 17 al 19 de mayo de 2016, el Grupo Banco Mundial analizará la alta clasificaciónContinue reading “Por qué la educación es importante para el desarrollo económico”