By Rebecca Winthrop and Kate Anderson Simons. In recent years, the global community has developed a range of initiatives to inform the post-2015 global development agenda. In the education community, International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) have an important role to play in advancing a global shift in focus to access plus learning. However, there are a number of other assessment tools that could also inform global progress in education and learning. More...

By Sarah Dryden-Peterson. Over a hundred people gathered at Stanford University late last week to think big about education for Syrian refugees. It was the first “Innovation Forum” in a series to be organized by the U.S. Department of State. More...

By Martin R. West. Coverage of the recent enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a major rewrite of the much-maligned No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), has rightly focused on Congress’s decision to give states greater control over key issues such as the design of school accountability systems and the certification and evaluation of teachers. More...

By Stuart M. Butler. It’s hardly surprising that frustrated employers are looking to create an alternative to accreditation as a quality measure of the skills of college graduates. Accreditation has been attacked as a barrier to innovation and improvement in higher education. More...

By Jacob Murray. The teaching profession is facing a supply and demand challenge: retirement of baby-boomer educators is on the rise, while enrollment in teacher education programs is on the decline. More...

By Michael Hansen. If you're like me, artificial intelligence has always been more closely associated with science fiction than science fact. More...

By Robert Kelchen. As student loan debt has exceeded $1.2 trillion and many colleges continue to raise tuition prices faster than inflation, students, their families, and policymakers have further scrutinized how much money students pay to attend college. More...

By Beth Akers and Isabel V. Sawhill. Tomorrow, President Obama unveils his last budget, and we’re sure to see plenty of proposals for spending on education and skills. More...