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Education systems reflect national societies, cultures and economies—and shape them, too. OECD works to understand education in these wider contexts, including its impact on individual prosperity and national growth, and its role in combating poverty and social exclusion at every stage of life. Find out more.
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23-Jun-2009
This collaborative space offers you evidence and analysis on the impact of the crisis on education, concrete examples of how governments and institutions in different countries are coping, information on high priority issues such as education budgets, stimulus packages, the effects of unemployment on motivation and learning attitudes, and much more. Register now and contribute to this information sharing platform with other members of the fast-growing OECD social network.
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06-Jul-2009
Introductory Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General delivered at UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education - 5 July 2009 UNESCO, Paris
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26-May-2009
Education and training, and investment in and support for the life sciences, geothermal energy research and creative industries/ICT are the best means of stimulating innovation-led economic growth in Iceland. An international panel of experts mandated by the Icelandic government recommends consolidation of the universities and revitalized governance and support measures to build on Iceland’s world-class science base.
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18-Jun-2009
Following the success of the first three editions, CELE plans to publish a new compendium of exemplary educational facilities.
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22-Jun-2009
To get a picture of the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on educational building programmes so far, the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has been conducting a survey of member countries and regions. The survey focuses on three main issues: the impact of the crisis on publicly funded projects, the impact on projects funded by private finance initiatives or through a public-private partnership, and the extent to which the crisis has affected the construction industry’s ability to build schools.
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01-Apr-2009
These reports on migrant education policies and practices examine immigrant children’s access to, participation in and performance at school. The reports also look at which interventions are working, which are not working, and why.
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from 01-Oct-2009 to 02-Oct-2009
The Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia and the Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) will hold an international conference on “Sustainable School Buildings: From Concept to Reality”. The conference will be held on 1-2 October, 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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from 13-Jan-2010 to 15-Jan-2010
CELE, the UK Department for Schools, Children and Families and UK Home Office are teaming up for an international conference on “Safer Schools, Safer Communities”.
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18-May-2009
The CELE Group of National Experts on Evaluating Quality in Educational Facilities met in March to discuss the Centre’s evaluation-related projects and to exchange their countries’ experience in this area.
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OECD Education Lighthouse
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OECD Education Lighthouse
Latest issue of journal on effective learning environments
Articles: School Buildings in Today's Crisis; Portugal's Secondary School Modernisation Programme; Rebuilding Schools after the Wenchuan Earthquake: China Visits OECD, Italy and Turkey
CELE Exchange - June 2009
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