Vivien Stewart is a mistress of deception.  In A World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation, she distills a lifetime of astute observation into a slim volume so skillfully written—so easy to read—that the reader is hardly aware of the subtle

Starting in 2004, the province of Ontario in Canada made a concerted effort to increase its high school graduation rate.  Just 68 percent of high school students graduated in 2004 compared to 82 percent today – and Ontario educators expect that figure to continue to improve as their r

Many of us think that we learn all we need to know about reading in school but a new report from the OECD provides a rare glimpse at the way many young people continue to improve their reading proficiency after graduation.  Some of this unfolds pretty much as you would expect, but som

Recent Conferences of Note: 5th APEC Education Ministerial Conference May 21-23, 2012, Gyeongju, Korea The theme of this year’s conference was “Future Challenges and Educational Responses: Fostering Global, Innovative, and Cooperative Education”.  Education ministers from 21 APEC memb

One challenge shared by many countries as they work toward improving student performance is insuring that new immigrants are provided the kind and quality of education needed for success.  Often, these students, who may speak different languages at school and at home, and who may come

This month, the International Advisory Board welcomed Tony Mackay as their newest member. Mackay is the Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic Education, Melbourne, Australia and Deputy Chair of Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). He also holds t