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Education at a Glance 2014: Canada

Canada has a highly educated population, due in large part to high attainment rates at the college level In 2012, 53% of Canadian adults held a tertiary qualification, the highest share among OECD countries (OECD average: 32%).

Educational mobility starts to slow in industrialised world, says OECD

Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report.

Education at a Glance 2014: Italy

Young Italians’ difficulties in finding work threaten to undermine investment in education.

Bildung auf einen Blick 2014: Deutschland

Die meisten Menschen in Deutschland erwerben einen Abschluss des Sekundarbereichs II ...

Education at a Glance 2014: Brazil (Portuguese)

O investimento público em educação tem aumentado fortemente desde 2000 e é agora um dos mais altos entre os países da OCDE e países parceiros.

Tohoku Cherry Tree Planting Ceremony

Through the Tohoku School Project, the students have developed their capacities for innovation, leadership, and co-operation. They learned how to get the information they need when there isn’t a readymade answer in their textbook or a teacher to guide them. In other words, they learned how to learn – perhaps the most valuable lesson of all! said OECD Secretary-General.

An exploration of the determinants of the subjective well-being of Americans during the Great Recession

This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective well-being reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being.

OECD and China expand cooperation in PISA education programme

The OECD and China have announced that they will expand their cooperation in PISA, following the successful implementation of PISA 2009 and 2012 in Shanghai.

Multi-dimensional Review of Uruguay - Volume 1: Initial Assessment

PISA 2012 Financial Literacy results - New Zealand

PISA 2012 financial literacy results focusing on the performance of Spain amongst 17 other countries and economies who participated in the assessment: Australia, Belgium (Flemish Community), Shanghai-China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Israel, Italy, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and the United States