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Education and Skills Newsletter - July/August 2017

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Education Indicators in Focus No. 54 - Transition from school to work: How hard is it across different age groups?

The transition from school to work can be a difficult period associated with spells of unemployment. Data show that those who leave school early have comparatively low skills and low educational attainment and face the greatest challenges in the labour market compared to their peers who stayed in education longer.

What happens with your skills when you leave school? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Moving from the world of school to the world of work is one of the most dramatic changes in the lives of young people. And for many youngsters this transition does not go smoothly.

PISA in Focus No. 75 - Does the quality of learning outcomes fall when education expands to include more disadvantaged students?

Globally, enrolment in secondary education has expanded dramatically over the past decades. This expansion is also reflected in PISA data, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. Between 2003 and 2015, Indonesia added more than 1.1 million students, Turkey and Brazil more than 400 000 students, and Mexico more than 300 000 students, to the total population of 15-year-olds eligible to participate in PISA.

Do countries have to choose between more educated or better-educated children? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Increasing the educational attainment of young adults has been the focus of much effort over recent decades. But we all know that having children spend more time in school does not guarantee that every student will learn.

Youth are not the future; they are the present” (OECD Education Today Blog)

The challenge that youth are facing, first and foremost, is skills for employability. It is a fundamental issue. What we have realised in education is that going to school has not necessarily translated into quality learning.

How education can spur progress towards inclusive growth (OECD Education Today Blog)

Costa Rica is recognised across Latin America as a leader in education. The country was among the first in the region to enrol all children in primary school and combat adult illiteracy.

Education in Costa Rica

“Digital literacy will probably be the only kind of literacy there is” (OECD Education Today Blog)

Interview with Matthew D’Ancona, political columnist for the Guardian and the New York Times

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