What Alternatives to Standardized Testing?
Standardized testing is still considered the most effective way of holding schools and systems accountable. However, these tests often fail to measure many learners’ skills and creativity. In this EduDebate, education experts examine different assessment approaches that can strengthen student motivation, improve learning outcomes and encourage more creative teaching and learning, without jeopardizing accountability.
Why STEM Education Matters?
Making STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – exciting and engaging for all learners remains a challenge. Not everyone will become a scientist, a mathematician or an engineer, so does STEM education really matter? Find out what four leading experts have to say.
The Role of Education to Achieve Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goals succeed and expand on the Millennium Development Goals, the deadline for which is the end of 2015. By general agreement, UN countries will use the new set of goals and indicators to frame their agendas and policies over the next 15 years. One of the 17 post-2015 goals includes inclusive and […]
When Women Thrive the World Prospers
On International Women’s Day, leading voices from around the world call for stronger action to educate girls and empower women. Education for girls and women is one of the most effective ways to improve lives, raise healthy families and boost socio-economic development in communities around the world. Join the discussions on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Weibo.
Solving Latin America’s Education Woes With Technology
Information and Communications Technology can play an important role to tackle some of the pressing education challenges including lack of student motivation, high rates of dropouts, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms. Education experts from Latin America share their views on how education technology is helping solve key issues linked to access and quality of education […]
The Future of Education: What Role for Private Capital?
All over the world, there is an urgent need to bring quality education to more people. While public funding is still the backbone to fulfilling this unmet demand, private investors are taking a greater interest in the education sector. The past year has seen a surge in education start-ups as venture capital floods in. However, […]
What is the Value of Higher Education?
College degrees no longer guarantee gainful positions. In many parts of the world, graduate unemployment is hitting the crisis level. While data from the past decades shows that higher education has paid off well for most people, the rapidly changing labor market and the accelerating rise in tuition cause many to question the return on investment for […]
Who Should Solve the Skills Gap?
Mind the gap: all over the world, graduates struggle to find work yet millions of jobs are waiting to be filled. In face of this pervasive disconnect between job supply and job demand, business owners blame schools for not adapting what students are taught to the labor market’s needs, while school leaders complain that employers […]
Can Social Enterprise Lead Innovation in Education?
Current education systems are struggling to meet the rapid pace of change and the needs of millions of learners. By offering new thinking on old challenges, social entrepreneurs aim to fill the gaps left open by traditional actors, whether in terms of access, pedagogies or learning tools. Can social enterprises succeed where traditional actors have […]
Education for Peace and Development
On 26 May 2016, WISE is organizing a high-level gathering at IHEC Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia to focus on the role of education in fostering peace and development. Education can be a catalyst for peace. When young people are empowered with the right skills to build a future for themselves, they help lay the foundation […]