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Is the education system working?

May 17, 2022 by Maxim Sindall, Former Student, Think Global School

Helping students develop key life and social skills beyond academic competencies will better prepare them for life beyond the education system, and pisa will measure this.

PISA, the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics, and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. Its league table…

ELL

2 teacher perspectives on ELLs and learning loss

December 7, 2022November 5, 2021 by Kris Jagasia, Co-Founder and CEO, Off2Class

Teachers need support in a post-pandemic climate, including technology to address learning loss and additional opportunities for ELLs.

Since the pandemic started, teachers and students have had to transition from brick-and-mortar classrooms to virtual environments, and back. During this time, learning loss--the reversal of academic progress…

District Management

Could your school lead in world rankings?

May 10, 2013April 5, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

A new test from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will let individual schools see how their achievement ranks compared to schools in other countries around…

Research

The 5 most educated countries in the world

September 28, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

District Management

What U.S. schools can learn from abroad

April 25, 2011December 13, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

U.S. students once again placed near the middle of the pack in the latest international comparisons in reading, math, and science—and the program's organizers have issued a list…

Research

Expert: Many nations passing the U.S. in education

March 10, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on March 9 that many other countries are surpassing the United States in educational attainment,…

Is the education system working?

2 teacher perspectives on ELLs and learning loss

Could your school lead in world rankings?

The 5 most educated countries in the world

What U.S. schools can learn from abroad

Expert: Many nations passing the U.S. in education

Survey Reveals Critical Insight Into Teachers’ Technology Use and Challenges

Alaskan School System Selects Discovery Education to Enhance Science Education

MMI Preparatory School Partners with Lackawanna College to Launch Pre-College Credit Program

Otus Announces Partnership with FIRST Educational Resources to Strengthen K-12 Support and Insights Nationwide

Virginia Department of Education Approves the IXL Diagnostic as an Alternative Assessment to the Virginia Growth Assessments

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