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In this paper, we analyse increasing inequalities in French students’ cognitive skills during the 2000 decade, as France is the European country that experienced the strongest rise in performance variance at PISA tests. In particular, French educational inequalities increased due to a decline...
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The effects of early school stratification on scholastic performance have been subject to controversial debates in educational policy and science. We exploit a unique variation in Lower Saxony, Germany, where performance based tracking was preponed from grade 7 to grade 5 in 2004. We measure the...
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Although most U.S. institutions of higher education now make appreciable use of work-based learning options, their attention to experiential education as a learning vehicle is relatively limited. The connection between the work experience and the on-campus curriculum is only loosely formed, and...
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Die betriebliche Personalentwicklung erkennt zunehmend den Qualifizierungsbedarf von Beschäftigten ohne Berufsabschluss: 89 Prozent der Unternehmen, die Geringqualifizierte beschäftigen, haben in den letzten fünf Jahren mindestens eine Weiterbildungsmaßnahme für diese Zielgruppe angeboten....
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Die Digitalisierung und der demografische Wandel stellen Unternehmen immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen. Der daraus resultierende Veränderungsdruck spiegelt sich auch in den wachsenden Anforderungen an geringqualifizierte Beschäftigte wider. Aus der aktuellen IW-Unternehmensbefragung, die...
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China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic convergence with the most advanced economies and to offset...
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Education reforms that allow new educational providers to supply schooling into a state system can improve parental satisfaction and raise learning outcomes through consumer choice. Choice provides children with schooling that matches their interests. A child engaged in school is more likely to...
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Although education has always existed at the epicenter of the battle for civil rights, federal and state law and policy fail to protect education as a civil right. This collective failure harms a wide array of our national interests, including our foundational interests in an educated democracy...
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Education has long stood at the epicenter of the battle for civil rights. More than half a century after the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially segregated schools unlawful in Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunity and achievement gaps based on race, national origin, class, and...
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The education policy framework and New Zealand’s autonomous school system have many strengths and centres of excellence. New Zealand has a deep pool of highly talented and motivated teaching professionals, but the system is performing below potential. Student achievement is declining and...
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