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Making the Grade in Global Education

In early December, the OECD’s “PISA Scores”— the key metric measuring student performance — will be announced. The industrialized nations of East Asia have scored well in recent years, and educators in other parts of the world are struggling to make the grade, as it were. Societies must eliminate significant inequities in education, as living wage jobs are no longer available to those without access to higher levels of education. Countries will increasingly require a large proportion of their workforce to be well educated to maintain economic growth and prevent the social unrest that comes from unequal opportunity. Employers around the world complain of a shortfall of skilled workers, while millions of youth around the world are unemployed. Clearly there is a gap between the skills learned by students and those desired in the workplace.

There are numerous potential solutions to address this global challenge. Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America which recruits outstanding graduates and professionals to teach in schools in low-income communities and become lifelong leaders in the effort to solve educational inequity. This model is inspiring social entrepreneurs from around the world in the Teach For All network, such as Andrea Pasinetti of Teach For China, to expand educational opportunity by adapting the model to their own contexts. Asia Society’s Global Cities Education Network takes a different approach, bringing together educators from high-performing city systems around the world to improve teacher quality and the teaching of 21st century skills. As President of Columbia’s Teachers College, Susan Fuhrman considers how teacher education programs must adapt to better prepare educators to teach these 21st century skills.

Join Tony Jackson, Asia Society Vice President for Education in hosting Wendy Kopp, Susan Fuhrman, and Andrea Pasinetti, with an introductory video by Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Educational Policy at the OECD, for a discussion about innovation and equity in global education.











When: Tue., Dec. 10, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.
212-288-6400
Price: $15
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In early December, the OECD’s “PISA Scores”— the key metric measuring student performance — will be announced. The industrialized nations of East Asia have scored well in recent years, and educators in other parts of the world are struggling to make the grade, as it were. Societies must eliminate significant inequities in education, as living wage jobs are no longer available to those without access to higher levels of education. Countries will increasingly require a large proportion of their workforce to be well educated to maintain economic growth and prevent the social unrest that comes from unequal opportunity. Employers around the world complain of a shortfall of skilled workers, while millions of youth around the world are unemployed. Clearly there is a gap between the skills learned by students and those desired in the workplace.

There are numerous potential solutions to address this global challenge. Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America which recruits outstanding graduates and professionals to teach in schools in low-income communities and become lifelong leaders in the effort to solve educational inequity. This model is inspiring social entrepreneurs from around the world in the Teach For All network, such as Andrea Pasinetti of Teach For China, to expand educational opportunity by adapting the model to their own contexts. Asia Society’s Global Cities Education Network takes a different approach, bringing together educators from high-performing city systems around the world to improve teacher quality and the teaching of 21st century skills. As President of Columbia’s Teachers College, Susan Fuhrman considers how teacher education programs must adapt to better prepare educators to teach these 21st century skills.

Join Tony Jackson, Asia Society Vice President for Education in hosting Wendy Kopp, Susan Fuhrman, and Andrea Pasinetti, with an introductory video by Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Educational Policy at the OECD, for a discussion about innovation and equity in global education.

Buy tickets/get more info now