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Noorani, Sogol; Baïdak, Nathalie; Krémó, Anita; Riiheläinen, Jari – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
This Eurydice Brief presents the main findings of the Eurydice report "Integrating Students from Migrant Backgrounds into Schools in Europe: National Policies and Measures," published in January 2019 and produced under the auspices of the European Commission. The information is based on existing top-level regulations and recommendations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Public Policy, Educational Policy
Gortazar, Lucas; Hupkau, Claudia; Roldán, Antonio – Centre for Economic Performance, 2023
We provide evidence from a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a novel, 100-percent online math tutoring program, targeted at secondary school students from highly disadvantaged neighborhoods. The intensive, eight-week-long program was delivered by qualified math teachers in groups of two students during after-school hours. The…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, At Risk Students
Baïdak, Nathalie; Pejnovic, Svetlana – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2015
The Eurydice network has been collecting data on instruction time for more than two decades. These data have been published in many Eurydice publications, notably all editions of the 'Key data on Education'. Since 2010, annually updated data on instruction time has been available on the Eurydice website. Since 2013, the Eurydice network has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Time on Task, General Education
OECD Publishing, 2021
In 2020, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries/economies were locked out of their schools. Students everywhere have been faced with schools that are open one day and closed the next, causing massive disruption to their learning. With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic still raging, many education systems are still struggling, and the situation is…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Schleicher, Andreas – OECD Publishing, 2020
This brochure focuses on a selection of indicators from "Education at a Glance," selected for their particular relevance in the current context. Their analysis enables the understanding of countries' response and potential impact from the COVID-19 containment measures. The following topics are discussed: (1) the impact of the crisis on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Comparative Education
Mostafa, Tarek; Pál, Judit – OECD Publishing, 2018
In 2015, for the first time in its history, PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) asked teachers to describe the various aspects of their working environment and teaching practices. This paper examines how teacher, student, and school characteristics are related to science teachers' satisfaction in 19 PISA-participating…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Evidence, Teacher Surveys
Coleman, Hywel – 1989
This report confirms anecdotal evidence that language teachers do find large classes to be problematic, collates data on class sizes in various parts of the world, and investigates the possibility of defining a large class, at least from the teachers'points of view. The first section is introductory. The second presents findings of a small-scale…
Descriptors: Class Size, Comparative Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries