The debate on whether skills training could emerge as a viable and scalable future alternative to college is long standing and heated. There appears to be, however, a mounting consensus that ... Read more >
Over 11.000 students aged 13 to 19 took part in Cambridge International's first ever "Global Perspectives" survey. The results, announced on March 2, reveal that students are keener than ever ... Read more >
UNICEF released today the results of an online poll it conducted in February 2020 on 40.000 young people in over 150 countries. The poll revealed the major limitations of current ... Read more >
Much has been said and written about the so called "21st century skills" but there is no real consensus on what is meant by this term and ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Students preparing for a job interview have to face a "stark new reality", reads a recent article by Rachel Metz for CNN Business: they could be vetted in part by ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
What perhaps not many of us know is that over half of the world's population is bilingual, says Victoria Murphy, Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford, in her ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
If today's youth aren't adequately educated about the reality of climate change, its effects and the ways the planet can prevent it, how can impactful solutions be implemented? Climate change is an education priority, ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
The translation and adaptation of measurement instruments is of vital importance in achieving comparability of data in large-scale assessments. What is meant by "comparability" and how can translations be produced that meet the objectives for ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Reading is no longer mainly about extracting information; it is about constructing knowledge, thinking critically and making well-founded judgements". "Students need to be able to read complex texts, distinguish between credible and untrustworthy sources of ... Read more >
In general, the press reports too much on country ranking and benchmarking, and too little on more interesting data such as within-country variance; gender equality in the three OECD PISA studies domains; resources invested in education; the correlation between the students' (and schools') socioeconomic status and their performance on ... Read more >