It could be said that there have been not one but two pandemics being propagated across the world over the past year. Alongside the spread of COVID-1…

The uproar over the 2021 Revision of the California Mathematics Framework shows us how passionate people are about mathematics – and how we learn it. For many, however, math arouses not so much passion as fear, even, loathing. But does it have to be...

Estonia was the top performing European country in PISA 2018 in reading, math and science. And it’s done this with an education budget that is 30% lo…

The OECD, in partnership with IBM, recently conducted a social media poll, asking young people about how well prepared they feel to join the world of work, how confident they are about their future paths and what concerns them about education and...

Dame Helena Morrissey is the founder of the UK-based 30% Club. Its goal? To reach a minimum of 3 out of 10 women on boards and in senior management. And this is just the thin edge of the diversity wedge. Ms Morrissey believes the power base should...

William Kerr, D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of The Gift of Global Talent, discusses how to attract talent, where it clusters and the match-up between global talent and superstar firms.

While the European Union is developing the Data Act, the Data Governance Act and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the issue of the data governance remains at the fore.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Global Forum on Tax Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, which brings together more than 150 countries, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown explains how the G20 launched the crackdown on...

Promoting economic and social progress throughout the world has been the aim of the OECD since it opened in September 1961. One member country that h…

Economist John Roemer shares his blueprint on how to head off climate catastrophe.

Over 130 countries and jurisdictions, representing more than 90% of global GDP, joined a new agreement in July 2021 to reform the international taxat…

In an ideal market economy, there are lots of companies of roughly the same size who compete against each other. Consumers benefit from choice and lo…

Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, urges girls to set their ambitions high and calls on policy makers to break down the policy barriers that are holding women back.

As technology continues to advance, we're more connected than ever. But with more benefits also come more risks. How can we ensure that we are protected from digital threats?

Are schools teaching students enough about climate change? And are they empowering them to do something about it? In PISA 2018, an average of 88% of …

For Ukraine’s refugee students, after the immediate needs of food, medical and psychosocial care, and housing, comes education.

In a world where machines can do more and more, what skills and knowledge will today’s children need in order to be prepared for the jobs of tomorrow? The OECD’s Andreas Schleicher says that AI and tech can make our lives and work a lot more...

Karina Piser talks to Mayor Lisa Helps of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, and Diana Rodriguez Franco, the Secretary of Women's Issues in Bogotá, Colombia, about the challenges they face, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and the progress...

Hossein Derakhshan, media analyst and co-author of the 2017 report "Information Disorder" published by the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center, explains how we can counter disinformation and why he doesn't like the term "fake news".

Micro-credentials are bite-sized qualifications designed to help people demonstrate they have certain skills or experience.