In Slovenia, Šoštanj Primary School Collaborates with Its Community

Šoštanj Primary School offers a learning process which can enrich traditional forms of schooling. It demonstrates how a school, including its infrastructure, can influence family life and the environment, creating new social patterns and a local identity.

Open Plan Schools in Portugal: Failure or Innovation?

Open plan schools have been largely contested in Portugal. Recently however the Escola da Ponte, one of the open plan schools that has survived, was recognised as one of the country’s most innovative educational facilities.

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Dalry Primary – An Innovative Scottish Case Study

In presenting this case study of an innovative school building in Scotland, the author describes its unique design features, conveys the viewpoints of the users, client and design team, and reveals the lessons learned.

A Second Chance School in Hungary

Hungary’s Belvárosi Tanoda Secondary School offers an informal, flexible environment and alternative teaching methods for students who have had problems in other schools.

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• OECD Country Website - Hungary

Education and Training Policy - Projects (Spanish)

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OECD Work on Future Educational Environments

The OECD is carrying out projects that can help in the planning and design of future educational facilities – exploring trends in education and studying innovative learning environments.

Job-related Training and Benefits: A Review of Evidence and Explanations (EDU Working Paper No. 19)

This paper reviews the literature on job-related training and the effects of these investments for different groups of individuals. The paper also elaborates on the theories, empirical explanations, and policy implications that can be drawn from these findings.

Soaring student numbers pose funding and quality challenges for universities in OECD countries

With more and more high-school graduates going on to university, governments face tough decisions on funding and quality standards to ensure that their education systems respond adequately to booming demand for degrees, a new OECD publication shows.

Education for Sustainable Development

A workshop on 11-12 September 2008 explored how the OECD can contribute to the development of strategies, curricula, and sustainable schools for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).

Career Guidance: A Handbook for Policy Makers (Latvian version)

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