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A Year After the Santiago Consensus, Teacher Shortages Are Still Widening, OECD and UNESCO Data Show
OECD and UNESCO data show teacher attrition, unfilled posts and underqualified staffing rising across very different school systems a year …
A New UN Indicator Finds Climate Content Is Still Thin in Most National School Curricula
A new UN-recognised indicator scans the actual text of national curriculum frameworks rather than relying on self-reporting. It finds most …
Government R&D Budgets Fall in Real Terms as Funding Tilts Toward Defence, OECD and EU Data Show
OECD and Eurostat data for 2024–2025 show government R&D budgets shrinking in real terms across most member countries, with defence researc…
ILO's 2026 Youth Employment Report Finds Unemployment Rising in Most of the World's Subregions
The ILO's Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026 report found the global youth unemployment rate rising to 12.4% in 2025, with joblessness…
Two 2026 Surveys Show AI Use in Higher Education Nearly Doubling, With Guidance Lagging Behind
Two 2026 datasets — an OECD teacher survey and a 35-country higher-education poll — show AI use surging past the training, assessment redes…
UNESCO's 2026 Monitoring Report Finds Out-of-School Numbers Rising for a Seventh Straight Year
UNESCO's 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report — the first in a new Countdown to 2030 series — finds 273 million children and youth were …
More Than 25 Countries Sign UNESCO's AI-in-Education Statement, But Guidance Still Lags Behind Classroom Use
At UNESCO's Digital Learning Week 2026 in Paris, more than 25 education ministers signed a non-binding statement on AI in schools. UNESCO's…