Education

More from the Series

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Six Ways COVID-19 Will Shape the Future of Education
July 22, 2020
Most of us have been living with closed schools and some version of lockdown for four months now. For all the reimagining of education in the 21st century, nobody predicted that the greatest disruption of all would come from a virus. As education policymakers all over the world grapple with distance...
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The Potential of Assessing Children’s Learning by Phone: An Update
July 16, 2020
In an earlier blog post, we proposed a few lessons from the experience of some members of our team with piloting phone-based assessments in Botswana and from other members with oral assessments from before the pandemic. Now, with more piloting experience and data, we update those lessons.
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How Liberalizing Trade with China Led to a Boom in International Students in the US
July 10, 2020
Liberalized trade has led to a boom in int'l students, and reactionary immigration policies—including Trump's move to bar these students from staying in the US if their university shifts online—could leave a lasting impact on higher education and the economy.
WORKING PAPERS
Trade Liberalization and Chinese Students in US Higher Education
July 10, 2020
We highlight a lesser known consequence of China’s growth and integration into the world economy in relation to the United States: the rise of services trade. We demonstrate that the US’s trade deficit in goods cycle back as a surplus in exports of education services. Focusing on China’s accession t...
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Let’s Not Leave the Youngest Children Behind
June 26, 2020
As schools and nurseries start to open, the education sector is taking stock of the likely short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And they’re going to be big. In this blog post, we take a look at what the consequences might be for the early childhood sector.
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Diaries from the Frontline: COVID-19 and Education Inequality: Who Is Most at Risk of Being Left Behind?
June 12, 2020
This week, in our final installment in the series, we examine how one particularly vulnerable population served by the Luminos Fund—refugee children in Lebanon—has been affected. The Citizens Foundation in Pakistan describes what school closures mean for girls and their education and life oppor...
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Back to School: An Update on COVID Cases as Schools Reopen
June 12, 2020
Last month we published a blog post tracking new COVID-19 cases in countries where schools had recently reopened or were about to reopen. Two weeks on, we’ve updated the data. In the countries where the epidemic was sizable and where schools have been open for a few weeks, the trend remains more or ...