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Under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world has experienced a year of deep uncertainty, profound changes, and major disruption. The Sino-US relations have encountered great difficulties. In the New Year with the new US government coming to power, regarding the education policy, will there be any change for...

The Forum for World Education (FWE) and ETS (Educational Testing Service) have agreed to collaborate to bring ETS’s unique blend of expertise in assessment, research, and analysis to support education agencies around the world. Working with FWE, ETS will assist education ministries and their affiliated examination agencies in using advances...

Congratulations to University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, School Board President Joyce Wilkerson, and Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia William R. Hite Jr., on their announcement today that Penn will contribute $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia, representing an unprecedented commitment to...

The Integrate to Innovate Education Forum is an international education event initiated by Fazheng Group with the support of China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and the Ministry of Education’s National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development. It has been held annually since 2016. Adhering to the concept...

This article is a written adaptation of the Presidential address I gave at the NCME annual conference in April 2018. The article describes my thoughts on the future of assessment. I discuss eleven likely characteristics of future tests and, for each characteristic, why I think it is important and what...

Developing an education strategy during the coronavirus crisis The result of a joint OECD-Harvard Graduate School of Education rapid assessment of education responses to the coronavirus pandemic in almost 100 countries, this report provides policy makers with a framework to develop plans to ensure disruptions to education are minimised during...

2020, this evocative year of hindsight and foresight, has humbled us with a global shock: the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been reminded that, despite the best laid plans, the truth is that the future likes to surprise us. To prepare our education systems for what may come, we have to...

The worldwide school closures in early 2020 led to losses in learning that will not easily be made up for even if schools quickly return to their prior performance levels. These losses will have lasting economic impacts both on the affected students and on each nation unless they are effectively...

  By Andreas Schleicher Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, so do the risks we face. The COVID-19 pandemic. Has not stopped at national borders, and affected people regardless of nationality, level of education, income or gender. But that has not been true...

  Dr. Willian Cheung (Hong Kong) in conjunction with the International College of Dentists presents on the impact of Covid-19 and the Dental Practice.  Please pre-register and join via Zoom on Wednesday August 12th @ 9:30pm MYT. Meeting ID: 813 1437 7166 Password: 003991

About the Speaker Maka Hutson practices immigration law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Dallas, TX. Before law school, she served as a student and scholar advisor at a major research university for seven years. She has experience practicing all aspects of immigration law, including business immigration,...

How will the global pandemic shape the future of education? On June 30th at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4), the Forum for World Education (FWE) will return to the global audience with the launch of its first webinar series in 2020. The initial offering, titled, “Education Disrupted, Education Rebuilt...

Setting out on your adventurous journey with courage and confidence: Editor’s note: The graduates of 2020 at Beijing Royal School experienced a special graduation season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aiming to provide a comprehensive education that cultivates the intellectual talents, train future leaders with moral integrity and prepare students...

An Interview with Mr. Guangfa Wang, Co-founder of FWE and Principal of Beijing Royal School At a recent online interview, Mr. Guangfa Wang, Co-founder of FWE and Principal of Beijing Royal School shared his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities in international education, the reform and innovation in the training...

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Nearly all the world’s students—a full 90 percent of them—have now been impacted by COVID-19 related school closures. There are 188 countries in the world that have closed schools and universities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic as of early April. The world has never before seen this scale of education disruption. In...

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, and across every state in the U.S., school systems are shutting their doors. To date, the education community has largely focused on the different strategies to continue schooling, including lively discussions on the role of education technology versus distribution of printed paper...

Students, their parents, and educators around the world are feeling the extraordinary ripple effect of the novel coronavirus as schools are shutting down and quarantine methods are being ordered to cope with the global pandemic. While governments and health officials are doing their best slowing down the outbreak, global education systems...

Global experts discussed and analyze of the challenges and opportunities on international education during COVID-19.