Vocational education: high-skill employees

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Promotion of high-performance work organizations is essential in maintaining high living standards. A crucial factor is the vocational education of the work force. Emulating the educational system of Germany, Sweden and Japan is recommended for the US to stay competitive in the global market.

Analysis, Economic aspects, Education, Vocational education, Performance standards, Job performance standards, Educational surveys

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Outcome-based education: why educational outcomes do matter

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Outcome-based education (OBE) has ceased to become an effective tool in evaluating students' academic skills. OBE should be returned to its original, skill-oriented form, instead of remaining focused on testing students' attitudes and beliefs towards learning.

Evaluation, Testing, Competency based education

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Summer vacation: an educational setback

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Studies reveal that the reading performance of poor children generally drops during the summer vacations. Various guidelines are provided to improve the efforts directed towards closing these reading achievement gaps.

United States, Methods, Reading skills

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