December 2, 2013 The Great Stratification Photo Illustration by Scott Seymour and Jacques Benovil Enlarge Image By Jeffrey J. Williams Imagine a diorama in an American Museum of Occupations showing the evolution of the professor. The exhibit starts in the early 1800s...
Nota de Gregory Elacqua sobre comparación de resultados PISA
Desde la publicación de los resultados de PISA ayer, se ha publicado (y yo he recibido) muchos comentarios sobre las tendencias de PISA. Primero, es importante aclarar que, mientras se puede comparar los resultados de Lenguaje en PISA entre 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 y...
Valor del pre-kinder: elementos para el debate
Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst | November 20, 2013 11:00am New Evidence Raises Doubts on Obama’s Preschool for All Last week legislation was introduced in the Senate and House to create federally funded universal pre-k for 4-year-olds. The details of the...
Retornos a la literacy: evidencia comparativa
Tazeen Fasih, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Chris Sakellariou Functional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling: Multi-Country Evidence Policy Research Working Paper 6697 Bajar el documento aquí <pdf> Abstract Little is known about which of the...
Cómo evaluar resultados de aprendizaje en la educación superior
How Best to Assess? Inside Higher ED, November 18, 2013 By Serena Golden ST. LOUIS – As the Obama administration pushes ahead on a controversial plan to create a new federal system for rating colleges – with a focus on affordability, access and outcomes – the subject...
Primera generación en la educación superior: la cuestión del capital cultural
Building Students' 'Cultural Capital' November 5, 2013 By Doug Lederman PITTSBURGH -- Students who are the first in their families to attend college face a set of disadvantages in terms of college enrollment, persistence and graduation -- a vexing problem, to be sure,...
Sobre el más reciente libro de Derek Bok
Change in higher education blog de Daniel Little, October 26, 2013 Thera are a couple of former university presidents whose opinions seem particularly insightful on the subject of the strengths and weaknesses of universities today. One is Michael McPherson, formerly...
Cómo evaluar profesores en las Facultades de Educación
The Education Faculty November 4, 2013 By Scott Jaschik Schools of education need to improve the way they evaluate faculty members -- whether on or off the tenure track -- according to two reports released Friday by the American Educational Research Association. One...
Alumnos de alto logro entre estudiantes de bajos ingresos
Infographic | March 21, 2013 Key Findings from "The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students" Download the paper (3.2 MB) A study presented by Caroline M. Hoxby and Christopher Avery at the Spring 2013 Conference on the Brookings Papers on Economic...
Destrezas comparadas de jóvenes en los EEUU
Measuring America’s Decline, in Three Charts Posted by John Cassidy, The New Yorker, October 23, 2013 In recent years, a number of international surveys have raised alarms that the United States is falling behind other countries in terms of educational achievement....
Un siglo de Sabato y Ciencia, populismos y utopías
Un siglo de Sabato Mario Albornoz, lunes, 3 de junio de 2024 Hace cien años, un 4 de junio de 1924 nacía en Rojas,...
Conversación sobre coyuntura política y educación
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EEUU: crisis de la educación superior y las artes liberales
Deep Reading Will Save Your Soul Real learning has become impossible in universities. DIY programs offer a better way....
Países Bajos: recortes anunciados por nuevo gobierno de derechas
Foreign students and research funding face ‘shocking’ cuts Jan Petter Myklebust 29 May 2024 The Dutch right-wing...