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International Education Information


The ABC of Early Childhood Development (ECD)
  • Source: World Bank
  • Mission: help child development professionals plan programs to promote healthy development patterns in children
  • Contents: child development theories; benefits of ECD; creating ECD programs and planning for costs; links to ECD programs from around the world; links to ECD journals, specific country resources, and links to international ECD sites

International Bureau of Education (IBE)
  • Source: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • Mission: performs research in the area of comparative education
  • Contents: INNODATA (databank on educational innovations), free publications, links to educational websites and journals, World Data on Education (databank on national education systems of Member States), and the Study Abroad Database (for courses, employment, financial aid and more for study abroad programs)

International Comparisons
  • Source: U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  • Contents: Third International Mathematics and Science Study results with U.S. and international comparisons, international literacy reports, and tables of international educational comparisons

United Nations CyberSchool Bus
  • Source: United Nations
  • Mission: serve as an online educational resource of the Global Teaching and Learning Project to advance the study of international issues and of the United Nations
  • Contents: games and quizzes for students to learn about other countries, global trends, examples of teaching units at a variety of levels, international city profiles, InfoNation country database, and Country at a Glance (country overviews)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • Source: UNESCO
  • Mission: promote equal opportunities for education for all people by providing training and research on education, science, and communication
  • Contents: UNESCO publications, UNESCO Statistical Database (international educational statistics), current events, UNESCO programs such as Planet Society and the Youth Coordination Unit