The Huffington Post – C.M. Rubin
“Quality is more important than quantity, according to a recent OECD report published by the World Bank on Universal Basic Skills. The report shows how meeting basic PISA learning goals begets economic growth. 76 countries were studied. Based on the report, it’s clear that schools worldwide should strive to meet those basic goals. The report does a projective forecast, which suggests that improving quality is far more beneficial than increasing enrollment at the current quality level. In the lowest-income countries, the economic gains from achieving universal basic skills would average more than eight times their current GDP. So how can we work to boost the level of learned skills in the classroom?.”(more)