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Education Indicators in Focus No. 45 - Fields of education, gender and the labour market

More and more adults are earning a tertiary qualification, but not all tertiary degrees have the same value on the labour market. In general, postgraduate degrees such as master’s and doctoral degrees are associated with higher employment rates and earnings than bachelor’s degrees.




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Education Policy Outlook - Korea

This policy profile on education in Korea is part of the Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries.




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A peek at PISA (OECD Education Today Blog)

PISA 2015 focused on science, with the understanding that, although not every student is interested in becoming a scientist, all of us now need to be able to “think like a scientist” sometimes.




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New insights on teaching strategies (OECD Education Today Blog)

Education’s purpose is to prepare children for a fast-moving, ever-changing world. Teaching faces the additional challenge of classrooms becoming increasingly more culturally diverse. Now, more than ever, this requires an adaptation of current teaching strategies.




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Education in China - a snapshot

In 2015, three economies in China participated in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, for the first time: Beijing, a municipality, Jiangsu, a province on the eastern coast of the country, and Guangdong, a southern coastal province. Shanghai, which, like Beijing, is also a Chinese megacity of over 20 million people, has participated in PISA since 2009.




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Skills are the key to unlocking prosperity in Peru (OECD Education Today Blog)

Peru has been one of the strongest economic performers in Latin America with steady GDP per capita growth over the past decade.




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To contain the cost of education, should countries only consider teachers’ salaries? (OECD Education Today Blog)

High-performing education systems value teachers and invest a lot in them. And indeed, the human factor is crucial in creating effective and high-quality teaching and learning environments.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 46: What influences spending on education?

Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that, among countries with a comparatively high gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the amount spent on education is less important than how those resources are used.




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Discover your talent! (OECD Education Today Blog)

In a changing and more competitive job market, Vocational Education and Training (VET) delivers specific skills and knowledge for the jobs of today and tomorrow, leading to great careers and good life prospects.




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Looking forward to PISA (OECD Education Today Blog)

Tomorrow, the OECD will publish the 2015 PISA results. The world’s premier global metric for education will tell us which countries have the best school systems, based on the performance of 15-year-olds in science, mathematics and reading over a two-hour test.




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Singapore tops latest OECD PISA global education survey

Singapore outperforms the rest of the world in the OECD’s latest PISA survey, which evaluates the quality, equity and efficiency of school systems. The top OECD countries were Japan, Estonia, Finland and Canada.




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Archived webinar - PISA 2015 Q&A Session with Andreas Schleicher, Director of the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills discussing the PISA 2015 results.

More than half a million 15-year-olds took part in the OECD’s latest global education survey, known as PISA. The main focus was on science, an increasingly important part of our economic and social lives.




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OECD Education and Skills Newsletter - December 2016

Bringing you the highlights from the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills




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Education and skills foster health and well-being, but why is this a problem? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Traditional economics measure the benefits of education and skills in its economic gains in employment or earnings.




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Education Indicators in Focus No 47 - How are health and life satisfaction related to education?

Since 2009, Education at a Glance (EAG) has included an indicator on education and social outcomes using data from different surveys.




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Closing the Achievement Gap - Archived webinar with Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD.

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading and mathematics, but what they can do with what they know. Results from PISA show educators and policy makers the quality and equity of learning outcomes achieved elsewhere, and allow them to learn from the policies and practices applied in other countries.




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Building strong partnerships to tackle Mexico’s skills challenges (OECD Education Today Blog)

Skills are the foundation upon which Mexico must build future growth and prosperity. Mexico, being one of the youngest populations among OECD countries, has a strong demographic advantage and thus a unique window of opportunity. But it also faces common challenges to bring the skills of its population up to the requirements of the global digital economy.




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How student attitudes towards the value of education can be shaped by careers education – evidence from the OECD’s PISA study (OECD Education Today Blog)

As governments around the world seek to tackle stubbornly high levels of youth unemployment, new attention has been focused on the relationship between education and employment.




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Who are the winners and losers of the expansion of education over the past 50 years? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Modern education systems, which are open to the middle classes and the poor, not just the elites, were established during the first industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 48 - A snapshot of 50 years of trends in expanding education

Countries have seen a major increase in the educational attainment level of their populations. In 1965, only 43% of young adults aged 25-34 had attained upper secondary education or higher on average across OECD countries. Fifty years later, upper secondary education had almost doubled with attainment levels reaching 84% in 2015.




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Social inequalities in education are not set in stone (OECD Education Today Blog)

Most people see social inequities in education as stubbornly persistent.




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PISA in Focus No. 68 - Where did equity in education improve over the past decade?

The persistence of social inequities in education – the fact that children of wealthy and highly educated parents tend to do better in school than children from less privileged families – is often seen as a difficult-to-reverse feature of education systems.




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Archived webinar - "Where did equity improve", with Andreas Schleicher - Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills (February 6, 2017)

The persistence of social inequities in education – the fact that children of wealthy and highly educated parents tend to do better in school than children from less privileged families – is often seen as a difficult-to-reverse feature of education systems. PISA shows that, rather than assuming that inequality of opportunity is set in stone, school systems can become more equitable over a relatively short time.




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Mind the Gap: Inequality in education (OECD Education Today Blog)

Inequality has been growing in most OECD countries since the 1980s and is currently at its highest level in 30 years. Forecasts for 2060 suggest that gross earnings inequality could continue to rise dramatically across the OECD if current trends persist.




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Trends Shaping Education Spotlight 8

Inequality comes in many forms, including economic, social, cultural, and regional. Since the 1980s Income inequality has been growing in most OECD countries and is currently at its highest level in 30 years.




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Knowing what teachers know about teaching (OECD Education Today Blog)

In modern societies, most professionals become knowledge workers. Their professional practice is increasingly fuelled and inspired by various forms of knowledge. A good example is the medical profession, where the continuously growing body of scientific knowledge finds its way into professional practices.




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Archived webinar - What do we know about the largest education system in the world A snapshot of education in China (February 21)

China has the largest education system in the world. With almost 260 million students and over 15 million teachers in about 514 000 schools (National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2014), excluding graduate education institutions, China’s education system is not only immense but diverse.




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Doctors and nurses are from Venus, scientists and engineers are from Mars (for now) (OECD Education Today Blog)

There is little doubt that in OECD countries, the chances for boys and girls to succeed and contribute to society have become more equal over the past century.




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How Wales can ensure the successful implementation of its reforms (OECD Education Today Blog)

How Wales can ensure the successful implementation of its reforms (OECD Education Today Blog)




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Why do so many women want to become teachers? (OECD Education Today Blog)

According to the latest Education Indicators in Focus brief, the average share of female teachers across OECD countries increased from 61% in 2005 to 65% in 2010 and to 68% in 2014, in all education levels combined.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 49 - Gender imbalances in the teaching profession

Historically across the OECD, the teaching profession has been largely dominated by women. The share of female teachers has been increasing over the past decade – reaching 68% in 2014 for all levels of education combined. The gender disparity decreases gradually with the level of education, from 97% of women in pre-primary education to 43% in tertiary education.




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Archived webinar - Gender differences in education - through the lens of PISA (March 8, 2017)

In 2015, PISA asked students about the occupation they expect to be working in when they are 30 years old. Students’ responses were later grouped into science-related and non-science-related careers – with the former including science and engineering professionals; health professionals; science technicians and associate professionals; and information and communication technology (ICT) professionals.




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Finding and cultivating talented teachers: Insights from high-performing countries (OECD Education Today Blog)

In a rapidly changing world, having a strong knowledge base in their subject area, good classroom management skills and a commitment to helping students learn may no longer be enough to meet the expanding role of teachers.




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Ukraine should step up efforts to strengthen transparency and integrity in its education system

Ukraine has taken ambitious steps to tackle bribery and corruption across government, including public procurement and, law enforcement. It should now step up its efforts to tackle integrity risks and violations in education, such as unmerited grades, misappropriated school funds, and preferential access to schools and study programmes - according to a new OECD report.




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OECD Education and Skills Newsletter - March 2017

Bringing you the highlights from the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills




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How inequalities in acquiring skills evolve (OECD Education Today Blog)

PISA data reveal large disparities in achievement not only across countries, but also within countries across different subgroups of students.




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Archived webinar - Empowering and Enabling Teachers to Improve Equity and Outcomes for All (with Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD)

Despite increased funding and many reforms, most education systems are still seeking ways to better prepare their students for a world in which technological change and the digital revolution are changing the way we work, live and relate to one another.




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Empowering teachers to improve equity and inspire learning (OECD Education Today Blog)

The expectations for teachers are high and rising each day.




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Education Policy Outlook Country Profile - Latvia

This policy profile on education in Latvia is part of the Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries.




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Have emerging Latin American countries chosen quantity over quality in education? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Developing human capital is an integral part of economic growth and social progress.




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Education Indicators in Focus No. 50: Educational attainment and investment in education in Ibero-American countries

Despite the geographical distances between them, Ibero-American countries share some similarities in their educational attainment rates and private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP.




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How to return to the “gold standard” for education (OECD Education Today Blog)

Sweden has one asset that few other countries in the Western world offer: a firm belief in the power of education to transform lives and promote social inclusion.




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Empowering teachers to improve equity and inspire learning (OECD Education Today Blog)

Every year in March, education ministers and union leaders of the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems (according to PISA) meet to seek ways to improve the status of the teaching profession. Many countries could use such guidance.




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Building tax systems to foster better skills (OECD Education Today Blog)

Investing in skills is crucial for fostering inclusive economic growth and creating strong societies. In an increasingly connected world, skills are particularly important for citizens to get the most out of new forms of capital, such as big data and robotics.




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Register for the Q&A Webinar - Tax Incentives to Invest in Education and Skills (Thursday, 13 April, at 17:00 Paris time)

This public session will discuss the financial incentives to invest in education, with a particular focus on how tax systems impact skills development in OECD countries. The webinar will present some of the key findings from the OECD’s new report, Taxation and Skills and their implications for policy makers.




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Early Childhood Education and Care Staff Recruitement Retention - Kazakhstan

Well-designed policies could help address the outstanding issues in the ECEC profession and work environment in Kazakhstan. Some potential options for Kazakhstan are suggested in this report, based on its findings and the background report prepared by Kazakhstan and supplemented by a survey of policy options and country experiences.




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Does the world need people who understand problems, or who can solve them? (OECD Education Today Blog)

A recently published OECD publication, The Nature of Problem Solving: Using Research to Inspire 21st Century Learning, explores the concept of problem solving in great depth.




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Developing an agenda for research and education in Wales (OECD Education Today Blog)

Wales is implementing a wave of reforms designed to improve delivery of teacher education. There is a new curriculum; new teacher and leadership standards for teachers; and new accreditation standards for providers of initial teacher education.




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Country Roads: Education and Rural Life (OECD Education Today Blog)

Some rural regions benefit today from their proximity to social and economic urban centres to attract people and enhance their economic competitiveness.




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Archived webinar - Tax incentives to invest in education and skills

This public session discussed the financial incentives to invest in education, with a particular focus on how tax systems impact skills development in OECD countries. The webinar presented some of the key findings from the OECD’s new report, Taxation and Skills and their implications for policy makers.