The Mississippi Reading Model | (News and Research 342) Mississippi Is Offering Lessons for America on Education | Nicholas Kristof Mississippi has a long track record of educational failure. But a major reform initiative now has children showing significant progress in school. It offers lessons on education. Not just for America. But for the world.Continue reading “The Mississippi Reading Model”
Learning Loss during the Pandemic: A Round Up of Recent Work
Learning Loss during the Pandemic: A Round Up of Recent Work | (News and Research 341) Unequal Learning Loss: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced the Academic Growth of Learners at the Tails of the Achievement Distribution | Peters, Langi, Kuhfeld, Lewis |The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in substantial unfinished learning for U.S. students, but to differingContinue reading “Learning Loss during the Pandemic: A Round Up of Recent Work”
Learning Loss and Pandemic School Closures were Directly Connected
News and Research 340 Worldwide, learning loss and pandemic school closures were directly connected | Jeff Murray Quantifying learning loss experienced by students whose schools closed for extended periods during the coronavirus pandemic is vital. Figuring out the mechanisms by which the losses happened, in contrast, is more of a forensic exercise. Schools have generally been open forContinue reading “Learning Loss and Pandemic School Closures were Directly Connected”
The Role of Human Development for a Successful Green Transition
The Role of Human Development for a Successful Green Transition | (News and Research 339) As the world continues to grapple with climate change impacts, policies aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decouple the economy from natural resource consumption must also address the green transition’s unintended consequences, particularly for the poor and vulnerable. InContinue reading “The Role of Human Development for a Successful Green Transition”
The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned
The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned | (News and Research 338) COVID-19 led to school closures and emergency remote learning systems. It is feared that students learned less when they were remote. Collapse and Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It | Schady,Continue reading “The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned”
50 Years after Landmark Study, Returns to Education Remain Strong
50 Years after Landmark Study, Returns to Education Remain Strong | (News and Research 337) 50 years after landmark study, returns to education remain strong | This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Returns to education: An International Comparison by George Psacharopoulos. The book led to a revolution in analyses of the returns toContinue reading “50 Years after Landmark Study, Returns to Education Remain Strong”
Human Development has a huge role to play in the Green Transition
Making the European Green Deal Work for People: The Role of Human Development in the Green Transition
Comprehensive Education Works
Comprehensive Education Works | (News and Research 335) Comprehensive education works: Finnish reforms of 1970s improved learning outcomes, and promoted equity and growth | 2022 Klein Lecture: Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma | Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen | Why is invention strongly positively correlated with parental income not onlyContinue reading “Comprehensive Education Works”
Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis
Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis | (News and Research 334) Spring 2023 issue of the ECA Economic Update: Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis | Economic growth slowed sharply last year in Europe and Central Asia, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a surge in inflation, and the sharp tightening ofContinue reading “Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis”
Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay
Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay (News and Research 333) ECA Talk: Returns to Education Turns 50 on March 29, 2023, Event Replay. Watch the discussion from earlier this week reassessing progress made on measuring the benefits of education 50 years after the publication of George Psacharopoulos’ pivotal study Returns to Education. Timestamps forContinue reading “Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay”
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