1/3: The best school systems in the world: it's not (all) about the money |
| Published: January 7, 2008, 1:50 pm |
| Tags: assessment, collaborative learning, curriculum, funding, leadership amp management, ltsfutures, school systems, blc08, change, mckinsey, scotland, singapore |
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It's no secret to those of us who teach, have taught or can remember being taught: the most important element in a child's education is... the teacher. So says the 2007 McKinsey report (pdf) which analysed what made the best education systems in the world, well, the best. Over the next series of posts, allow me to paraphrase for you... (Remember, boys, not my words...) More money, smaller class sizes, lower impactIn 2006 there was $2 trillion spent on education by the world's governments. But money alone is not the reason we see improvement, not always. Between 1980 and 2005 there was a 73% increase in spending in the USA, after allowing for inflation. The teacher-student ratio fell by 18%, class sizes were the smallest they had ever been, tens of thousands of initiatives were launched to improve the quality of education. Yet the outcomes didn't change at all. In other countries where similar cash and policy decisions have been made, flatlining or even deterioration has [ Full article ] |
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