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News & Events
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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.
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01-Sep-2006
PEB is pleased to welcome its latest associate member, the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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01-Sep-2006
Two PEB publications on school safety and security are being distributed in countries beyond the OECD.
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04-Aug-2006
The February 2006 issue of the journal on educational building is now available in Spanish.
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07-Apr-2006
School buildings have a crucial contribution to make to raising educational achievement. Designing high performance school buildings for the 21st century for all children is a shared concern amongst OECD countries.
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See the new CELE brochure to learn about the Centre's activities and what it offers members.
CELE Brochure
Latest issue of journal on effective learning environments
Articles: Monitoring the Quality of School Buildings in Belgium’s Flemish Community; Evaluating Quality in Educational Spaces: OECD/CELE Pilot Project; Sustainability Innovation in United Kingdom Schools.
CELE Exchange - October 2009
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