International education tests reveal Australia has either stagnated or declined in many subject areas, including maths and science, while other countries have made big improvements. Why is this?
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Teenagers in Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong outperformed those in London, Madrid and Dubai.
Some countries experienced big changes when the global test of 15-year-olds moved from paper to online.
A new OECD report has put the spotlight on countries where teenagers struggle in maths, reading and science.
School and teacher attitudes have a lot to answer for when it comes to the achievement gap between immigrant and non-immigrant children.
After almost five years, Ian Chubb today ends his role Australia’s Chief Scientist. He’s seen some challenging times with changing leadership and ministers but he believes Australia is in a better place.
In China, education is more than a means to deliver high skilled labour. The country has constructed its education policy to demonstrate its ambition to become a global power.
A third of adults in the OECD now have a university degree.
We should be cautious of implementing policies off the back of the OECD’s annual education report, which makes vast comparisons between countries and leaves out crucial data.
What does the OECD’s decision to limit finance for coal power stations mean for coal producers such as Australia?
It brings together 20 of the world’s most powerful leaders – but they achieve precious little.
Australia is reportedly blocking a deal to limit coal power finance in developing countries.
To prepare teachers for the 21st century, we need to reform the way we assess children.
Country-by-country reporting is the big achievement of the OECD’s plan to help stop multinational tax avoidance.
The two-year BEPS project is just a band-aid for a deeply flawed system.
A new report from the OECD says pupils in countries that invest a lot in technology in the classroom, don’t perform better in tests.
New research shows a rise in popularity of university majors in health care, law and those linked to jobs in the police and military.
South Africa’s left wing trade unions may have found an unlikely ally in their objection to the proposed VAT hike. The OECD says there are other options South Africa could consider to raise revenue.
The near collapse of development talks in Ethiopia left campaigners angry, but they have more irons in the fire.
Australia doesn’t have many of the employment problems still troubling OECD countries, but structural unemployment is one.
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Professor, Brock University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics, UCL
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of International Economics of Education, Science and Technology, Maastricht University
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Manager Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Honorary Professor of Economics, UCL
