It is time to upgrade the SDG 4 learning indicator for young children

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 16 Oct 2018 | by: Silvia Montoya, Director of UIS | Story Source: World Education Blog (GEM Report) ~ Go to Original Article We are on the cusp of a new phase in the global measurement of learning. For the first time,...

On-Screen Learning: Infants Are More Likely to Learn When With a Peer

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 16 Oct 2018 | by: Kristen Cole | Story Source: UConn Today ~ Go to Original Article Infants are more likely to learn from on-screen instruction when paired with another infant as opposed to viewing the lesson alone, according to a...

How Stress Affects Your Memory and What You Can Do About It

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 11 Oct 2018 | by: Katrina Schwartz | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article We’ve all had the experience of studying hard for a test, believing we know the information, and then sitting down in the testing room...

New data reveal that poor youth are among the most vulnerable to bullying

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 1 Oct 2018 | by: Silvia Montoya, UIS| Story Source: GPE/UIS ~ Go to Original Article Almost one-third of young teens worldwide have recently experienced bullying. What are the effects of bullying and what factors influence it?...

New Education Data for SDG on Out of School Children

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 26 Sep 2018 | by: UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Story Source: UIS ~ Go to Original Article Focus on out-of-school children New data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that there are still about 262 million – or...

No time to lose on the road to universal primary and secondary education

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 27 Sep 2018 | by: Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Story Source: Global Partnership for Education (Blog) ~ Go to Original Article Despite every promise and declaration, and all the genuine efforts made to date,...