The key to better education systems is accountability. So how on earth do we...
And what do we even actually mean when we talk about accountability?Perhaps the key theme emerging from research on reforming education systems is accountability. But accountability means different...
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View ArticleWhat’s new in education research? Impact evaluations and measurement – March...
Here is a curated round-up of recent research on education in low- and middle-income countries, with a few findings from high-income countries that I found relevant. All are from the last few months,...
View ArticleThe effects of women’s education on maternal health: Evidence from Peru
Publication date: May 2017 Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 180 Author(s): Abigail Weitzman This article examines the causal effect of women’s education on maternal health in Peru, a...
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Navigating hearing disabilities in Morocco
Published with permission from Round Earth Media By Maria Luisa Frasson-Nori RABAT, Morocco – In an inconspicuous brown building sandwiched between a tire shop and a parking garage, the door to...
View ArticleBuilding Grit in the Classroom and Measuring Changes in it
About a year ago I reviewed Angela Duckworth’s book on grit. At the time I noted that there were compelling ideas, but that two big issues were that her self-assessed 10-item Grit scale could be very...
View ArticleAre good school principals born or can they be made?
Good principals can make a big difference “It is widely believed that a good principal is the key to a successful school.” So say Branch, Hanushek, and Rivkin in their study of school principals on...
View ArticleA Strong Start for my Preschool Students
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View ArticleWhy is there no interest in kinky learning?
Just *how* poor are *your* beneficiaries though? In the aid project business everybody is obsessed with reaching the *poorest* of the poor. The ultra poor. The extreme poor. Lant Pritchett has...
View ArticleJOB: Research Assistant on Global Education Policy
I’m hiring a full-time research assistant based in London, for more details see the Ark website here. --- Research and evidence are at the heart of EPG’s work. We have:Collaborated with JPAL on a...
View ArticleOpen Data for Education
There’s a global crisis in learning, and we need to learn more about how to address it. Whilst data collection is costly, developing countries have millions of dollars worth of data about learning just...
View ArticleNew Fully Online Global Health Learning Programs at JHU
Continuing professional development has often been a challenge for people in the field. They may not be able to get study leave, but they do need advanced training in order to progress. The Johns...
View ArticleHow smart are teachers in developing countries?
Eric Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, and Simon Wiederhold published some fascinating analysis in a 2014 NBER working paper (link) comparing the literacy and numeracy of teachers to the overall population...
View ArticleProbably the best new research in global education economics
A couple of months ago the Centre for Education Economics asked me to edit their Annual Research Digest - a series of essays by leading thinkers on their favourite research paper from the past year.The...
View ArticleTesting, testing: the 123’s of testing
Here's my summary of the new Annika Bergbauer, Eric Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann working paper for CFEE."teachers tend to oppose standardised tests, partly because they perceive them to narrow the...
View ArticleA child’s personal experiences with malaria lead to a life career fighting...
Gbenga Jokodola tells his story of growing up to fight malaria in Nigeria. Gbenga has a MPH in Field Epidemiology from the University of Ibadan, and a BPharm from Ahmadu Bello University. He is...
View ArticleCfEE Blogging: Giving students information on future wages improves school...
As of this January and following last year's Annual Research Digest from the Centre for Education Economics, I'll be co-editing the Monthly Digest, along with Gabriel Heller-Sahlgren.This is basically...
View ArticleThe Latest Economics Research on Global Education
Last week I was at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) conference. Alex Eble made a big and apparently successful push to increase representation by researchers focused on...
View Article"Maybe one of the most cost-effective interventions ever studied"
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