Blogs

April 15, 2010

Education in the Face of Poverty

A Washington Post opinion piece argue that to fix poverty one much first fix education....

April 8, 2010

Merit Pay

Washington Post article explores a new deal in D.C. aimed at school reform....

April 6, 2010

Business Leader Promotes National Standards

Wall Street Journal opinion piece by a former Fortune 500 CEO on common educational standards....

March 30, 2010

Indigenous population and differences in access to primary education in Bolivia

Paper by the Canadian Foundation for the Americas investigates the differences in primary education in Bolivia for indigenous peoples....

March 29, 2010

Brazil launches first Education Report Card

An analysis of the current state of education in Brazil - what does the report find and what does that mean for Brazil?...

March 22, 2010

Reflections on the determinants of teacher effectiveness

New York Times Magazine article explores the debate and history of teacher effectiveness in the US....

March 22, 2010

New papers on CCT programs

Links to access working papers on conditional cash transfer programs....

March 22, 2010

World Education Blog is launched by GMR team

Link to new World Education Blog....

March 17, 2010

US Common Standards Proposal

Plans to propose national standards program in the US as discussed in Washington Post article....