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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Curriculum Matters: As the World Economy Slumps, Ed Investment Brings a Payoff, OECD Says


Curriculum Matters: As the World Economy Slumps, Ed Investment Brings a Payoff, OECD Says:


As nations around the globe, including the United States, attempt to crawl out of a deep recession, the evidence suggests they would be wise to invest in education because of the strong economic payoff it brings across their societies and to individual workers, a new report says.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, makes that case in a new report, 'Education at a Glance,” which offers comparisons across countries in various educational and economic indicators.

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