Keyword: international benchmarking
Japanese education official Kan Suzuki discusses the challenges of preparing Japanese students for a rapidly changing world.
“The good news is inequality is diminishing. ... The bad news is the remaining inequality makes much more of a difference for people.”
Educational psychologist Kit-Tai Hau discusses how China can bridge the rural-urban education divide, and where global competence falls amid a tough political environment.
Professor Lee Sing Kong discusses what his country is doing to develop "globally competent" students, and why a tide of nationalism cannot win.
Is Shanghai a model of educational equity, as the OECD international school rankings suggest?
Put simply, many Asian nations’ are actively working to develop their students’ global competence, writes Asia Society's Anthony Jackson.
Asia Society Senior Adviser for Education Vivien Stewart argues that the US "has reason to be worried."
When Americans learned earlier this week that their schooling system lagged significantly behind those in Asian countries like China, Singapore, South Korea, and Hong Kong, President Obama labeled the event as another "Sputnik" moment.
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