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TopClass, a podcast about global education, brings together OECD authors and researchers to explain and explore emerging education data, and deliver objective insights on education practices...
What does it take to lead one of the world’s highest-performing education systems? In this episode of Top Class, OECD Editor Duncan Crawford...
Working with young children can be a tough job, so what can be done to ensure staff want to stay in their jobs? This episode of Top Class de...
Can alternative pathways into teaching help tackle teacher shortages and strengthen the profession? With traditional teacher preparation pro...
Generative Artificial Intelligence is rapidly emerging as one of the most debated forces in education today. Tools such as ChatGPT and Claud...
Nine in ten teachers are satisfied with their jobs, yet one in five report a lot of stress. Just two of the findings from the new OECD TALIS...
A new OECD report reveals that nearly 40% of 15-year-olds are uncertain about their future careers. Alarmingly, only one in three students h...
More people are getting degrees than ever before, but family background has a big influence on whether people pursue university or another f...
Despite Russia’s war of aggression, Ukraine is rewriting the future of its education system. The New Ukrainian School reform programme is a...
How to improve Ukraine’s education system during a time of war was the main topic of discussion at an education festival in the western Ukra...
Employers are struggling to find skilled workers. How can we fix the job skills gap? Apprenticeships are touted as one possible solution. Th...
The early years of a child's life are crucial for their development. Falling behind early can mean never catching up. How can countries ensu...
How can you help disengaged teenagers rediscover their passion for learning? In this episode of Top Class, Rebecca Winthrop, a Senior Fellow...
Wildfires raging in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of homes and forced the closure of hundreds of schools. As communities try to rebui...
As technologies transform businesses, what critical skills are needed to succeed in the workforce of the future? With artificial intelligenc...
Over the past decade, literacy and numeracy skills among adults have largely declined or stagnated in most OECD countries. This is the main...
Every year, countless teachers face stress-related illnesses and burnout. While some manage to keep going, often at a reduced capacity, othe...
Why is there a persistent gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects? Despite their growing importance f...
Many countries are experiencing a growing skills gap – what can be done to address the issue? WorldSkills, the largest international skills...
On average, science scores have been falling globally for over a decade. What can be done to improve the quality of science teaching? In thi...
Education budgets are huge. Public spending on schools, universities and other public and private educational institutions is around 5% of G...
With some three-quarters of employers reporting difficulty in filling jobs, do traditional hiring methods need to change? As companies shift...
How do you create a classroom where students are actively creating, innovating and problem-solving? A part of the answer involves empowering...
Do smartphones help support learning in classrooms or are they a distraction that harms education? A growing number of governments have impl...
Bullying is an urgent issue in many schools and crucial steps need to be taken to address it. In this episode of Top Class, Professor James...
As artificial intelligence integrates into the world of education, how can we ensure it supports effective learning in the classroom? AI lea...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly known as ADHD, is a growing concern for many policymakers around the world. It affects ap...
Sola Mahfouz was pulled out of school in Afghanistan at the age of 11 after a group of men threatened her safety if she continued studying....
While some countries have maintained or improved performance in maths and reading, many countries across the globe have seen large drops in...
Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a non-profit which aims to provide free, world-class education for everyone. His organisati...
On a daily basis, academic studies, reports and news tell us that the Earth’s ecosystem is in danger. But are schools doing enough to help r...
Rapid developments in technology and society mean education is constantly on the move. These developments are having a profound effect on bo...
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has led to the destruction of much of the country’s education system. Thousands of schools and un...
US National Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson on teaching struggles, “flip” lessons, & what it was like to meet US President Joe Biden &...
In a world of tablets, smartphones and AI – how exposed should young children be to digital technologies? This episode of Top Class explores...
🎧 Top Class Micro-credentials are bite-sized qualifications designed to help people demonstrate they have certain skills or experience. Dr...
‘A focus on social & emotional skills is fundamentally about high quality teaching’ Professor Stephanie Jones from Harvard Graduate School o...
On this OECD Education and Skills podcast Professor Patrick Newell from Shizenkan University joins Duncan Crawford, Senior Content Manager o...
On the latest Top Class podcast 🎧, OECD's Education Senior Editor Duncan Crawford is joined by John McLaughlin, President & CEO of Atlantic...
Cyberbullying is a growing problem worldwide and has serious consequences for students. It can take place on social media, gaming platforms...
From the autumn of 2019 till the pandemic shutdowns, schoolchildren in the millions marched to save Earth from irreparable climate crisis. C...
The uproar over the 2021 Revision of the California Mathematics Framework shows us how passionate people are about mathematics – and how we...
There’s a gaping hole in the global education budget and it’s 200 billion US dollars deep. Yearly. Part of the problem has to do with taxes:...
Sometimes the road to doing well at school goes through surprising places, like hip hop. In 2015, the Lycée Turgot in Paris pioneered a prog...
Never before has critical thinking been so…critical. With so much compromised information online, how do we know what’s opinion? What’s fact...
For many LGBTQI+ students, school can be a hostile place. Bullying and the social and emotional strain of not feeling part of the sexual and...
When factual information comes under attack, societies head into Orwellian waters. OECD’s Andreas Schleicher and Molly Lesher discuss disinf...
Kim Kardashian has been apprenticing with two lawyers for the past few years to become a lawyer herself in California. Apprenticeships like...
After the immediate needs of food, medical and psychosocial care, and housing, comes education. According to the UNHCR and UNICEF, “educatio...
Estonia was the top performing European country in PISA 2018 in reading, math and science. And it’s done this with an education budget that...
Iceland has topped global charts on gender equality for nearly a decade. One of the country’s more radical approaches to breaking gender ste...