education

In a year 2000 many leaders from around the globe got together and set few urgent goals to improve humankind. Millennium Development Goals 1Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. 2Achieve universal primary education. 3Promote gender equality and empower women. 4Reduce child mortality...

Seven years ago I analysed the UNICEF report on children well-being in rich countries. Here is a new report for 2013, which has eight additional countries. The Netherlands still tops the ranking, followed by Scandinavian countries like before, except Denmark which fell from 3rd to 11th...

University rankings are conducted by various magazines, newspapers, websites, governments and academics. The three most famous are the Academic Ranking of World Universities (aka ARWU or Shanghai Ranking), the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings...

I was reading a BBC article on the French education system, and namely that literature baccalaureate students have to write a philosophical essay. In France at least it seems that Philosophy is an arts subject, not a science one. That doesn't make any sense. Philosophy is like the wrapping that...

http://www.gallup.com/poll/144287/developed-nations-attract-young-educated-migrants.aspx Developed Nations Attract Young vs. Educated Migrants

These are a couple of years old but still interesting. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-FINN080229-sort.html?s=1&ps=false&a=up