New Zealand: Modernising Schools in a Decentralised Environment - PEB Exchange, February 2008

To inform schools, the Ministry of Education provides numerous publications related to design and selected best practice samples via its website.

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Implications of Curriculum Reform for School Buildings in Scotland - PEB Exchange, February 2008

Scotland’s Building Excellence programme is exploring the implications of curriculum reform for school building design. It includes events which bring together teachers, designers, school managers and local authorities.

Changing School Architecture in Zurich - PEB Exchange, February 2008

The City of Zurich has revised its guidelines for designing school buildings, both new and old. The authors explain what makes up a good school building and provide a set of design recommendations.

Modernising Portugal’s Secondary Schools - PEB Exchange, February 2008

In March 2007, the Portuguese government announced an ambitious plan to modernise secondary schools by improving the quality and usefulness of its teaching and learning facilities, while putting schools back into the centre of the community of which they are an integral part.

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Síntesis: DIEZ PASOS HACIA LA EQUIDAD EN LA EDUCACIÓN

La educación desempeña un papel fundamental que determina cómo se vivirá en la edad adulta, ya que un mayor nivel de educación significa ingresos más altos, una mejor salud y una vida más larga. En el mismo tenor, el fracaso educativo tiene altos costes financieros y sociales a largo plazo. Las personas sin las aptitudes para participar social y económicamente generan costos más altos para el sistema sanitario, el apoyo al ingreso, el

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The Role of 21st Century Learning Environments in Promoting Social Participation and Access to Education for Learners with Special Needs

An international PEB conference entitled “Inclusion and Integration through Innovation: The Role of 21st Century Learning Environments in Promoting Social Participation and Access to Education for Learners with Special Needs” in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17-20 August 2008.

Policy Brief: Cross-Border Higher Education and Development

Education is an essential foundation for personal, social and economic success in a globalised economy. But how can developing countries offer enough education, particularly quality tertiary education, to their citizens to enable them to play a full part in creating and enjoying such success?Many countries, particularly in the developed world, are competing to attract foreign students, or to establish a presence abroad. But they do

Policy Brief: Ten Steps to Equity in Education

Education plays a key role in determining how you spend your adult life – a higher level of education means higher earnings, better health, and a longer life. By the same token, the long-term social and financial costs of educational failure are high. Those without the skills to participate socially and economically generate higher costs for health, income support, child welfare and social security systems.So a fair and inclusive

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Thematic Review of Tertiary Education - Update of the Country Background Report - United Kingdom

This paper gives an update of the Country Background Report of the United Kingdom that was prepared in the framework of the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education

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Informal OECD Ministerial Meeting on evaluating the outcomes of Higher Education, Tokyo, 11-12 January 2008, Chaired by Kisaburo TOKAI, Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

Ministers from OECD countries met for an informal discussion on evaluating the outcomes of higher education.