Education, economics and public policy

Christian Science Monitor All Aztecs went to school? A lesson for Mexico An unearthed school shows that universal education got an early start in Mexico.  Today, the system lags with the indigenous receiving less schooling than the rest of the population. By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Courtesy of Centro Cultural deContinue reading “From the archives: All Aztecs went to school? A lesson for Mexico.”

On the occasion of the 2nd Annual Education Innovation Africa Conference, starting tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya, where I will participate in the Opening Keynote on Tuesday: Implementing Quality Affordable Education In Africa: Where Do We Start? One of my main message will be the increasing returns to education that we are witnessing around the world.Continue reading “Returns to Education in Kenya”

By: Husein Abdul-Hamid, Joel Reyes, Harry Patrinos, World Bank, Washington Lessons Learnt from 67 Years of UNWRA Support to the Education of Palestinian Refugees Pages 66-67   Keywords: Refugees, education, resilience, protracted, response, Palestine Summary: Delivery of education services to communities in conflict-ridden states requires an adjustment in the education model to make it meaningfulContinue reading “Lessons Learnt from 67 Years of UNWRA Support to the Education of Palestinian Refugees”

How can education aid economic development? . There are 124 million children and teenagers globally who are not in school, which could harm economic development. Image: REUTERS/Beawiharta Harry A. Patrinos, Manager, The World Bank Tuesday 24 May 2016 There are more children in school today than ever before. For example, in 1950 the average level of schoolingContinue reading “How can education aid economic development?”

Bert Hofman and Harry Patrinos Education has traditionally been seen as a way out of poverty, and nowhere is this truer than in China. In Shanghai, particularly, a modern education system has been evolving since the mid-19th century, and education reforms have been carried out in step with the city’s growth into a global commercialContinue reading “Shanghai’s Remarkable Education Story”

At the Global Conference on Equity and Excellence in Basic Education, in Shanghai, China, May 17-19, 2016, the World Bank will be discussing Shanghai’s eminence in ranking highly in international achievement tests. The conference will also cover how good policy can help improve education quality in other countries. See slideshow,press release, key findings . “Give aContinue reading “Why education matters for economic development”

Maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills: the power of partnerships https://youtu.be/AoQpbT9qjMk via @YouTube  

18 April 2016 | El Norte Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey organiza el Foro Educación Superior El Lic. Héctor Sepúlveda, Rector de la UMM, dio la bienvenida, agradeció la participación de los conferencistas y puntualizó que el objetivo del evento es abrir un espacio anual que se consolide como referente nacional en la discusión de temasContinue reading ““En un país en crecimiento como México, para cualquier estudiante, la educación superior es una muy Buena inversión””

Weighing the benefits of senior high school in the Philippines http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/weighing-benefits-senior-high-school-philippines SUBMITTED BY HARRY A. PATRINOS ON MON, 03/14/2016 CO-AUTHORS: SAMER AL-SAMARRAI Students walk by a school offering senior high school levels. Photo Credit: Samer Al-Samarrai/World Bank In June 2016, approximately 1.5 million children across the Philippines will walk through school gates for the firstContinue reading “Weighing the benefits of senior high school in the Philippines”