Education At-A-Glance Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. It delivers large, consistent returns in terms of income, and is the most important factor to ensure equity and inclusion.
Education is the foundational infrastructure for good jobs and the surest way out of poverty. High-quality early childhood development investments in basic numeracy and literacy, and socio-emotional skills provide the best possible start in life. For individuals, education promotes employment, earnings, health, and poverty reduction.
How can countries leverage digital solutions to build equitable, relevant, and resilient education systems with a positive impact on learning outcomes? Concurrently, digital technologies are permeating education at unprecedented speed and scale. The possibilities of using digital solutions to ...
Education systems can empower, equip, and skill young people for climate mitigation and adaptation. But there is also an urgent need to adapt education systems for climate change. This report explains how governments can take action.
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education continues to change as teachers and parents learn how it can be used in classrooms and other learning environments. For Assistant Professor Ying Xu, studying its impact and possibilities has become essential to her research. Xu, who believes this ...
Better quality education is an important investment in a more prosperous India over the long term. India is taking steps to improve education quality and learning outcomes at every level of the education system. The World Bank Group partners with India in employing a comprehensive life cycle approach for education to prepare youth for future jobs.
Signing ceremony for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at the Former Junction Elementary School, Johnson City, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson with his childhood schoolteacher, Kate Deadrich Loney.
That’s why the Harvard Graduate School of Education launched an online master's in education leadership, a two-year, part-time Ed.M. program with Higher Education and PreK-12 pathways specifically designed for mid-career working education professionals. The program will strengthen the invaluable skills you’ve already developed and give you the tools to propel yourself to new leadership ...
They're leading researchers in justice-centered education and have spent years studying how young people learn to recognize, question, and challenge injustice. Their research spans thousands of students across more than 100 schools nationwide, even elementary classrooms.
