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News & Events
News
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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.
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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.
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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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22-Aug-2006
This country note on Iceland forms part of the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education. This is a collaborative project to assist the design and implementation of tertiary education policies which contribute to the realisation of social and economic objectives of countries.
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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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How are students faring in science today?
Volume 1 - Analysis: Gives the most comprehensive international picture of science learning today. Volume 2 - Data: Presents the PISA 2006 full data set underlying Volume 1.
PISA 2006 results - Analysis and Data
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