<ul> <li> Less than one in three teachers across countries participating in the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013 believes that the teaching profession is valued by society. </li> <li> Nevertheless, the great majority of teachers in all surveyed countries are happy with their jobs. </li> <li>...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> According to the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), principals, on average, report frequently engaging in a number of activities that are consistent with instructional leadership. However, this is not the case in every country and large proportions of them report that...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> According to the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), teachers across countries overwhelmingly desire more professional development. </li> <li> In all TALIS countries, there are low rates of co-operative professional development and collaborative teaching practice. </li> <li> Countries could use...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> Across countries and economies participating in the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), a majority of teachers report receiving feedback on different aspects of their work in their schools. </li> <li> Teacher feedback has a developmental focus, with many teachers reporting that it...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> Between 2000 and 2012, the proportion of young adults (25-34 year-olds) with a tertiary qualification has grown by more than 3% per year on average in OECD countries. </li> <li> On average across 24 national and sub-national entities participating in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills, 39% of adults have...</li></ul>

PISA has long established that high-performing education systems tend to pay their teachers more. They also often prioritise the quality of teaching over other choices, including class size. But in the current budgetary climate, paying everybody more may not be a viable alternative. So many...

Between 2000 and 2011, the number of international students has more than doubled. Today, almost 4.5 million tertiary students are enrolled outside their country of citizenship. The largest numbers of international students are from China, India and Korea. Asian students account for 53% of all...

Joinedupdesignforschools explores how good design can improve the quality of life in schools by listening to the voices of the clients: pupils. The programme is an initiative in the United Kingdom that joins client teams of pupils with the country’s leading design practices to provide...

The national organisation responsible for school buildings in Greece has been converted into a public limited company. The School Building Organisation (SBO) was established in 1962 to design and construct new buildings and provide educational equipment. In 1998 the SBO was transformed into an...

The Torcy Junior High School is located on the outskirts of the new town of Marne la Vallée in the Paris suburbs, between a motorway and a stretch of ordinary countryside on a site overlooking a small lake. Special attention was paid to its geographic setting and to the various aspects of its...