Education, economics and public policy

Compulsory Schooling buffers the Negative Effects of COVID-19 | (News and Research 368) Free and compulsory education buffers the negative effects of COVID-19 shocks in Nigeria | Tiberti, Tiberti, Dessy, Gninafon Recurrent and intensifying shocks—driven by extreme weather events, pandemics, and conflicts—have cast a long shadow over the timely realization of the Sustainable Development GoalsContinue reading “Compulsory Schooling buffers the Negative Effects of COVID-19”

An Investment in Knowledge Pays the Best Interest | (News and Research 366) Lessons from an international school report | FT |Benjamin Franklin was not known for his financial advice. But America’s founding father is widely quoted as having proclaimed: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” More than 200 years later, this wisdomContinue reading “An Investment in Knowledge Pays the Best Interest”

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 | (News and Research 365) Singapore again tops the PISA International student achievement rankings, in math (but also science and reading) The true extent of damage to schools from Covid-19 | Financial Times | If any one country had schools that were designed to cope with the CovidContinue reading “Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022”

Teacher Policy, Mental Health, Learning Recovery, Climate and Charters | (News and Research 364) Making Teacher Policy Work | Despite the growing evidence on effective teacher policies, we still do not observe high-quality teaching and learning in the classroom. The report argues that we need to go beyond what works in teacher policy to howContinue reading “Teacher Policy, Mental Health, Learning Recovery, Climate and Charters”

The Return on Investing in Education | (News and Research 363) Investing in tomorrow: How educational spending translates to lifelong returns Published on Education for Global Development What investment can you make that will almost guarantee that you will beat the stock market? Each year of education for a person yields approximately a 10% rise inContinue reading “The Return on Investing in Education”

Achieving Gender Equality in Education | (News and Research 362) Achieving Gender Equality in Education: Examining Progress and Constraints | Bentaouet Kattan, Khan, Merchant | Education is a human right for all children, yet many marginalized groups are disproportionally excluded from pursuing an education. Enrollment outcomes have increased for both girls and boys in recentContinue reading “Achieving Gender Equality in Education”

What could be more important than education? | (News and Research 361) What could be more important than education? | Abu-Ghaida, Silva, Devictor | About half of the 35 million refugees worldwide are children. They have fled conflict, violence, and persecution, and they are spending their formative years in exile, often in circumstances marred byContinue reading “What could be more important than education?”

Towards Higher Education Excellence | (News and Research 360) Towards Higher Education Excellence in Central Asia: A Roadmap for Improving the Quality of Education and Research through Regional Integration  | Ambasz, Nikolaev, Malinovskiy, Olszak Olszewski, Samuel, Zavalina, Botero | The purpose of this Report is to provide recommendations for addressing common challenges while promoting academicContinue reading “Towards Higher Education Excellence”

Interplay of Human Development and Environmental Outcomes: Unveiling the Connection | (News and Research 359) A review of human development and environmental outcomes | Patrinos, Ambasz, Gupta | As we witness the increasing evidence of climate change and its effects on the environment, there is a growing interest in understanding how human development is connectedContinue reading “Interplay of Human Development and Environmental Outcomes: Unveiling the Connection”