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Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2014
This year's Brown Center Report on American Education represents the third installment of volume three and the 13th issue overall since the publication began in 2000. Three studies are presented. All three revisit a topic that has been investigated in a previous Brown Center Report. The topics warrant attention again because they are back in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Common Core State Standards, Achievement Tests
Gustafsson-Wright, Emily; Gardiner, Sophie – Brookings Institution, 2016
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, or Global Goals) and their associated targets set out by the United Nations in 2015 explicitly seek to address some of the largest challenges facing children around the world. Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions have been found to improve adult health and education levels, reduce crime, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Low Income Groups, Sustainable Development, Design Requirements
Gustafsson-Wright, Emily; Gardiner, Sophie – Brookings Institution, 2016
The confluence of the agreement on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, or Global Goals) in 2015, and the increased attention being paid to the role of non-traditional actors in contributing to shared prosperity, provide a unique opportunity to focus attention on attempts to identify promising new solutions to the barriers that impede the full…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Low Income Groups, Sustainable Development, Design Requirements
Brookings Institution, 2017
The Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) initiative began in 2014 in anticipation of a new global emphasis on early childhood development (ECD). Led by UNESCO, the World Bank, the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, and UNICEF, the initiative aims to promote feasible, accurate and useful measurement of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Child Development, Educational Quality