REMINDER! - Book Launch: "The Knowledge Capital of Nations" by Prof. Eric Hanushek | Thursday, January 28, 2016 | 12:30pm – 2:00pm | World Bank Group Headquarters

[Patricia da Camara]

Join via WebEx Meeting#:  737425530 Password: HXp9bFwB   Join via Audio-conference Toll: 1-650-479-3207 Access code: 737425530 Global Call-in numbers   UPCOMING EVENTS Please visit the Education Global Practice Events Calendar   DISTRIBUTION EDU GP ALL, EDUFAM Edu GEAK Extended GPE Secretariat 1818 Society Education	Book Launch: The Knowledge Capital of Nations     Thursday, January 28, 2016  |  12:30pm – 2:00pm  |  Room J1-050 701 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.   RSVP Here:  Bank Staff  |  Guests   Lunch will be served Presenter:   Chair:   Discussant: Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University   Claudia Costin, Senior Director, Education Global Practice, World Bank Group   Harry Patrinos, Education Practice Manager, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Group Background: Join us to discuss the latest book by Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann, where the authors make a simple, central claim: knowledge is the key to a country's development. They argue that although school attainment is the common focus, time in school provides a very misleading picture of how skills enter into development. The authors contend that the cognitive skills of the population -- which they term the "knowledge capital" of a nation -- are essential to long-run prosperity. Hanushek and Ludger call for an education system that develops effective accountability, promotes choice and competition, and provides direct rewards for good performance. About the speaker:   Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is a leader in the development of economic analysis of educational issues. He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education related topics. He introduced the idea of measuring teacher quality through the growth in student achievement that forms the basis for the development of value-added measures for teachers and schools. Most recently, Hanushek shows that the quality of education is closely related to national economic growth. He has authored or edited 23 books along with over 200 articles. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and completed his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Background material:  https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/knowledge-capital-nations World Bank staff: Please visit the Education Global Practice Events page where you can access additional background information.
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