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More OECD countries focusing on early childhood as key to education success

19-Sep-2006

A new OECD report on early childhood policy, Starting Strong II, shows that more countries are making early childhood education and care a priority, with greater attention paid to service quality. Increasingly, it shows, the early years are viewed as the first step in lifelong learning and a key to successful social, family and education policies.

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14-Sep-2006

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Measuring the Effects of Education on Health and Civic Engagement - Proceedings of the Copenhagen Symposium

13-Sep-2006

This publication is organised around two major papers, one on the links between education and health, the other on the links between education and civic participation. The papers discuss methodological issues and provide a wealth of empirical results, which confirm the important effect education has in both domains.

Low educational attainments continue to penalise people in many OECD countries

12-Sep-2006

Education is a gateway to employment and in almost all OECD countries educational attainment levels continue to rise, with many countries showing impressive gains in university qualifications in particular, according to data in the 2006 edition of the OECD’s annual publication Education at a Glance.

Educational facilities competitions in Mexico

04-Sep-2006

Over the past few years, Mexico’s Administrative Committee for the Federal Programme for School Construction (CAPFCE) has developed regional contests on school building design. In 2005, this central government organisation helped one state government to hold its own competition.

NIER Japan Joins the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB)

01-Sep-2006

PEB is pleased to welcome its latest associate member, the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan.

Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities - Update

01-Sep-2006

Quality architecture, equipment and grounds can improve the quality of education and increase community involvement, while providing a flexible, sustainable and safe learning environment, even when funding is scarce. This is what the PEB Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities: 3rd Edition  aims to demonstrate through examples from 20 countries.

New OECD Secretary-General

01-Sep-2006

The OECD’s 30 member countries appointed Ángel Gurría, former Foreign Minister and successively Finance Minister of Mexico, as Secretary-General of the Organisation from 1 June 2006, in succession to Donald J. Johnston.

Student performance and physical infrastructure

01-Sep-2006

Does a school’s physical infrastructure influence student performance? Data collected by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) does not provide a clear answer. PISA is a collaborative effort among OECD member countries that measures how well 15-year-olds approaching the end of compulsory schooling are prepared to meet the challenges of today’s knowledge society.

School safety publications

01-Sep-2006

Two PEB publications on school safety and security are being distributed in countries beyond the OECD.




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