NCEE. National Center On Education And The Economy
Since 1988, NCEE has been researching the world’s best performing education systems to unlock their secrets.
Video of Friedman and Tucker Discussion Now Available
Video is now available from NCEE's event with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman and NCEE President Marc Tucker. The discussion was moderated by NBC Correspondent Luke Russert and focused on what the US can learn from the world's top-performing education systems.
Click here to watch the video.NCEE Launches the Center on International Education Benchmarking
The new Center will conduct research on the world's most successful education systems. The CIEB website will serve as a portal to information, analysis, and opinion on the education systems of the top-performing countries from all over the world. Click here to visit the new site or see the Press Release.Surpassing Shanghai in the Washington Post
In his Class Struggle column, Jay Mathews looks at Marc Tucker's latest book in two parts, US School Excuses Challenged and 5 Ways to Save American Education.Horizon TV in Arizona Spotlights Excellence for All
Host Ted Simons talks to local leaders of the "Move on When Ready" program, Arizona's implementation of Excellence for All which is being piloted in 14 Arizona school districts. Click here to watch the video.Why Innovations Can't Fix America's Classrooms
Forget charter schools and grade-by-grade testing. It's time to look at the best-performing countries and pragmatically adapt their solutions. Click here to read Marc Tucker's Op-ed in The Atlantic.The Death of Vocational Education and the Demise of the American Middle Class
In his Education Week blog, Marc Tucker explains how the shrinking middle class is a product of America's inattention to quality vocational training in our education system. Click here to read the blog.
The Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) conducts research on the world's most successful education systems. It offers access to information, analysis, and opinion on these systems through its web portal.
NCEE's pilot school program, Excellence for All, brings the system of aligned instruction and examinations used by best-performing countries to U.S. high schools.
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NCEE President Marc Tucker recently participated in Education Week's Quality Counts 2012 event.
NCEE President Marc Tucker recently participated in Education Week's Quality Counts 2012 event.
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