Educational research
Collection and analysis of evidence in the field of education
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| February 10 2025 | The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration announced plans to cancel $881 million worth of contracts across 169 projects at the Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers and contractors were directed to immediately stop work on ongoing research and program evaluation projects. |
| June 20 2024 | Scheduled to complete his term as interim dean of the School of Educational Studies. |
| December 2023 | PISA releases the results of its 2022 data collection, providing updated comparative insights into international educational performance. |
| January 2023 | Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year Honours for her services to early childhood education. |
| 2022 | PISA assessment focused on Mathematics, involving 37 OECD countries and 44 partner countries. 690,000 students participated, marking the largest participation to date. |
| 2022 | Latest PISA study conducted, providing the most recent comparative data on educational performance in mathematics, science, and reading for participating countries. |
| 2022 | India did not participate in PISA rounds, citing COVID-19 pandemic disruption. |
| December 5 2022 | PISA 2022 results were officially presented, featuring data from around 700,000 participating students across 81 countries and economies, with Singapore emerging as the top performer in all assessment categories. |
| October 7 2022 | President Biden announced the intention to appoint 15 new members to the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES). |
| August 1 2022 | Appointed as interim dean of the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2021 |
Abecedarian Early Intervention Project
A neurophysiological study using MRI scans revealed significant changes in midlife brain structure for male participants who were part of the early childhood intervention program, showing larger brain region and total brain volumes compared to the control group.
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| 2021 | Earned Master of Education degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of West Florida, Pensacola. |
| September 3 2021 | The Biden administration acknowledged the validity of the NBES Board appointments and formally terminated them, resulting in the withdrawal of the lawsuit by Hanke and Yoo. |
| August 2021 | Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for The District of Columbia against Secretary Cardona and the Department of Education regarding the NBES Board appointments. |
| July 2021 | The Pacific Legal Foundation obtained emails from White House officials confirming the Department of Education's possession of credentials and sent a demand letter on behalf of Hanke and Yoo. |
| May 2021 | Steve Hanke and John Yoo published a commentary in The Wall Street Journal, claiming their Board commission documents were signed and certified, but Secretary Miguel Cardona refused to acknowledge the appointments. |
| 2020 | Concluded role as interim dean of diversity and equity at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2020 | Planned PISA participation did not materialize, with India not taking part in the assessment. |
| 2020 | Swedish newspaper Expressen revealed that Sweden had inflated their PISA 2018 score by not testing a large number of foreign-born students, as confirmed by professor Magnus Henrekson. |
| 2020 | The Sutton Trust described Nutbrown's report on early childhood education qualifications as a 'landmark paper', highlighting that twelve of its nineteen recommendations had not been achieved. |
| 2020 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing her significant contributions to education economics and policy research. |
| December 2020 | During the winter, the Trump administration made controversial appointments to the NBES board, filling vacancies that had existed for several years, drawing criticism from education organizations for lacking academic or educational research credentials. |
| 2019 |
Abecedarian Early Intervention Project
Sparling and Meunier published an update on the Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, providing further insights into the long-term outcomes of the study.
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| 2019 | Approximately 5,000 of Britain's 16,000 primary schools adopt Shanghai's teaching methods, leading to improved performance in PISA. |
| 2019 |
Jill Green
Served as interim director of the UNCG School of Dance while Janet Lilly was on sabbatical.
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| November 2019 |
Open Syllabus Project
The Open Syllabus Project becomes a non-profit and becomes independent of the American Assembly.
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| July 2019 |
Open Syllabus Project
The OSP launches version 2.0 of the Syllabus Explorer, which includes an interactive visualization displaying texts as dots on a knowledge map.
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| July 7 2019 |
Yaakub Isa
Passed away in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia.
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| April 2019 |
Jill Green
Retired from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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| January 2019 | Der Bund (Switzerland) published a report about the Institute's work on UN school textbooks, highlighting issues of terrorist glorification |
| 2018 | Began serving as interim dean of diversity and equity at the University of Washington Bothell. |
| 2018 | PISA adds global competence as a new innovative domain to its international student assessment program. |
| 2018 | PISA assessment returned to Reading focus, expanding to 37 OECD countries and 42 partner countries. 600,000 students participated. |
| 2018 | Chinese provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang participate in PISA testing. |
| 2018 | PISA assessment continued, offering detailed insights into student performance and educational outcomes across international contexts. |
| October 2018 | Founded his own business, The Art of Ligel. |
| September 2018 | European Parliament Committee voted to freeze €15 million to Palestinian Authority due to concerns over inciting textbooks, as reported by Jerusalem Post |
| July 1 2018 | Became the director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. |
| April 2018 | Sunday Times (UK) published a story about British funding for schools allegedly glorifying martyrs and jihad |
| 2017 |
Jill Green
Awarded the Outstanding Dance Education Research Award at the National Dance Education Conference and invited as keynote speaker at the International Symposium of the Performing Arts in Brazil.
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| November 2017 | La Libre (Belgium) reported on Palestinian school manuals promoting martyrdom and Belgium's involvement |
| March 2017 | Newsweek published an article questioning the content of Palestinian children's educational materials |
| February 2017 | Ministry of Human Resource Development under Prakash Javadekar decided to end the PISA boycott and planned to participate from 2020, with OECD agreeing to update test questions to be more culturally relevant. |
| January 2017 | Hurriyet (Turkey) published a report describing an 'ideological touch' to education, referencing the Institute's work |
| 2016 | Britain invites 120 Chinese teachers and plans to adopt Chinese teaching styles in 8,000 aided schools. |
| October 2016 |
Jill Green
Delivered a TedXTalk in Winston-Salem on stress and tension in the body.
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| January 2016 |
Open Syllabus Project
The OSP launches the beta version of their Syllabus Explorer, featuring searchable course syllabi collected since 2013.
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| 2015 | Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, and Shanghai participate in PISA testing, scoring a median of 518 in science. |
| 2015 | PISA study expanded further, collecting and analyzing educational performance data from an increasing number of participating countries and regions. |
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