Education and Employers
Research Digest - October 2023

Publications

Inequities persist: Extracurriculars, clubs, activities, and fundraising in Ontario’s publicly funded schools 

People for Education  

The report shows that while most extracurricular activities and learning opportunities have resumed since being paused due to the pandemic, students’ access varies substantially depending on geography as well as the median family income of the school neighbourhood. An analysis of these results also revealed that while fundraising supports many of these activities, it has not returned to pre-pandemic levels and varies widely depending on socioeconomic characteristics like household income.

IOWA STEM Evaluation Report  

Erin O. Heiden, Justin Szabo, Andrew Guhin, MS Matthew Whittaker, Mary E. Losch, & Catherine Welch

This report evaluates the STEM Scale-Up Program by IOWA’s STEM Network. The network provides high-quality STEM education professional development and curriculum to educators in schools, after-school programs, and other settings for youth in grades prekindergarten through 12. The STEM Scale-Up Program was monitored using two sources of information that were expected from all schools/organizations implementing a STEM Scale-Up Program: 1) an
educator survey, and 2) a student participant list.

Classroom-Based STEM Assessment: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives 

Christopher J. Harris, Eric Wiebe, Shuchi Grover, & James W. Pellegrino

This report is focused on what research and practice indicate about how assessment impacts the teaching and learning of STEM subject matter in K–12 classrooms. The report takes stock of what we currently know and what we need to know to make classroom assessment in STEM maximally beneficial for the instructional practices of teachers and students' learning outcomes. The volume draws inspiration from the cumulative body of research on STEM education that has accrued over the last two decades, with particular emphasis on work funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) funding program. As articulated in NSF’s DRK-12 solicitation.

Education Finance Watch 2023 

World Bank 

The Education Finance Watch (EFW) is a collaborative effort between the World Bank (WB), the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The EFW aims to analyse trends, patterns, and issues in education financing worldwide. The EFW uses various education, economic, and financial data sources from the World Bank, UIS, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The teachers we need for the education we want The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage 

UNESCO 

This factsheet complements an analysis conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2023) on a new dataset of country teacher requirements to strengthen the comparability of international teacher data. The data analyses presented can enable countries to develop improved policies that ensure the dignity and value of teaching as well as support and sustain qualified teacher workforces.

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Greening Construction: A complex challenge for jobs, skills, and training 

Susan James Relly, Gavin Killip, James Robson, Kat Emms, Mike Klassen, Andrea Laczik 

Governments in low-income countries are spending more on education, but more funding is needed for children who receive the least 

Luis Benveniste & Stefania Giannini 

Advancing Gender Equality in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Education in India 

SATTVA Knowledge Institute     

Ending Digital Poverty Key to Ending Skills Gap 

Elizabeth Greenberg 

Empowering Africa's future: Prioritizing STEM skills for youth and economic prosperity 

Alice Amegah, Christiane Voufo, Grace Amoka, Souleymane Diabate, Úna Mccarthy-Fakhry 

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