Andreas Schleicher
Andreas Schleicher
Andreas Schleicheris a German-born statistician and researcher in the field of education. He is the Division Head and coordinator of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessmentand the OECD Indicators of Education Systems programme...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
CountryGermany
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In all those countries social background has much less of an impact on outcomes than it does have in a country like Germany. They are providing students with equitable opportunities.
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Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in the U.S. work long hours for little pay and, in many cases, insufficient support from their leadership.
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You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.
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When demand for education began to outpace supply, students were not sent home. Instead, class size and schooling hours were extended....The incentives driving these reforms forward was a plethora of merit-based learning opportunities where progress depended on what children were able to do, not where they came from.