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Schooling’s stagnation

Must try harder

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Schools in rich countries are making poor progress. They need to get back to basics, argues Mark Johnson

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Schooling’s stagnation

Schools in rich countries are making poor progress

They need to get back to basics, argues Mark Johnson

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Teachers

The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose

Hanging on to the best of them is getting harder

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Technology

Will artificial intelligence transform school?

The boldest visions for AI in classrooms misunderstand much about education

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Soft skills

Efforts to teach character bring promise and perils

‘Social and emotional learning’ bundles good sense with some quackery

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Back to basics

England’s school reforms are earning fans abroad

Countries that have made more fashionable changes have seen their scores fall hard

Schooling’s stagnation

Sources and acknowledgments

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