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”
Why education matters for economic development
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
Maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills: the power of partnerships https://youtu.be/AoQpbT9qjMk via @YouTube
“En un país en crecimiento como México, para cualquier estudiante, la educación superior es una muy Buena inversión”
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””
Read This
READ this: Why we must measure literacy at an early age SUBMITTED BY HARRY A. PATRINOS ON MON, 04/04/2016 From the World Bank’s Education for Global Development blog A couple of years ago Room to Read, a non-profit organization for improving literacy and gender equality in education in the developing world, implored viewers to try toContinue reading “Read This”
Weighing the benefits of senior high school in the Philippines
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”
The effects of delaying tracking in secondary school: evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland
The effects of delaying tracking in secondary school: evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland Maciej Jakubowski, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Emilio Ernesto Porta & Jerzy Wiśniewski Education Economics (2016) Delaying tracking, extending students’ exposure to a general academic education and increasing their time on task on basic competences (reading, mathematics) could improve academic outcomes.Continue reading “The effects of delaying tracking in secondary school: evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland”
Interview with Harry Anthony Patrinos, Practice manager, Education, World Bank
Interview with Harry Anthony Patrinos, Practice manager, Education, World Bank Maximising skills for jobs and jobs for skills: the power of partnerships, 7 and 8 December 2015 SHOW MORE
Resilience, refugees, and education for change
As the world struggles to cope with the stream of refugees coming out of Syria, there is an urgent need to advance education opportunities. This is not to just thwart radicalization, as United Nations special envoy for global education Gordon Brown argues, but to ensure that we invest in building refugee children’s human capital. LessonsContinue reading “Resilience, refugees, and education for change”
Robots: What can workers do to protect themselves from automation?
Robots: What can workers do to protect themselves from automation? “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,” Stephen Hawking. Photo: The Terminator / Orion Pictures Stephen Hawking has warned that artificial intelligence could end the human race. The development of intelligent machines could pose a major threat to humanity. Sometime inContinue reading “Robots: What can workers do to protect themselves from automation?”
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