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PISA AND WHAT IT REVEALED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

The spotty quality of Philippine basic education is something we knew anecdotally but until the PISA results of 2018, didread more

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LEARNING TO THINK BY SUBJECT MATTER DISCIPINE AND BEYOND 

THE TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY LEARNING The transition from elementary education to junior high is a complex one because it marksread more

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PRIMARY LEARNING METRICS: HOW ARE FILIPINO ELEMENTARY CHILDREN LEARNING?

PRIMARY LEARNING METRICS The upper primary years of Grades 4 to 6 are the years when students should be goingread more

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Developing Functional Literacy and 21st Century Skills

In the lower primary years of Grades 1 to 3, we want our children to learn simple literacy and numeracyread more

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Coming this November: Historical Significance & its Pedagogical Applications

FEU is offering a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training on historical thinking and how to best apply this approach toread more

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Today’s Reality in Philippine Learning

In 2018, the Philippines participated for the first time in the PISA international assessment test for 15-year olds (Programme forread more

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Congratulations Maria Ressa, first Filipino Nobel Prize winner.

The FEU Public Policy Center congratulates the first Filipino Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa for her courage, determination and steadfast commitmentread more

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Kindergarten: The First Step in Formal Education – The Need to Get Children Started Well

Kindergarten is the first step in formal education in what should be a 12-year basic education journey.  There is aread more

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Setting Early Childhood Development Standards

Ten years ago, a review of 20 major efficacy or effectiveness studies of Early Childhood Development by Engle et al.read more

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THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO FUTURE LEARNING (UP TO ADULTHOOD)

There is a message we need to send far and wide:  We need to give our infants, toddlers and veryread more

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Introduction

Rethinking Basic Education: A series of Essays on Basic Education by Juan Miguel Luz

Philippine Basic Education is not in good shape.  While more Filipino kids are entering Grade 1 these days, too manyread more

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DEV@WORK Social Policy for a Better World: TEENAGE PREGNANCY: A CREEPING SOCIAL CONCERN IN THE COUNTRY

There is a silent crisis creeping up on us as a country that will have long term effects on ourread more

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