As the world celebrates the achievements of women this month, what can be said about the progress of girls and young women in education, and of women in employment, throughout the world? As the third issue of the OECD's new brief series Education Indicators in Focus describes, girls and women...

Gender gaps in educational performance tables show differences in achievement between girls and boys. Data cover performance in reading, mathematics and science shown as scores in PISA assessments as well as educational attainment shown in percentages and years of schooling.

Following the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000, scepticism about e-learning replaced over-enthusiasm. Rhetoric aside, where do we stand? Why and how do different kinds of tertiary education institutions engage in e-learning? What do institutions perceive to be the pedagogic impact of...