Which country has the best education in the world? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

A good education can help change lives, but some children face huge barriers.

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Every few years, countries around the world compete in global rankings to see which nation is deemed to have the best school system in the world. Schools in Asia often get the best results, and other countries like Estonia and Canada are also highly praised. But in many parts of the world there are often huge barriers to getting children into the classroom at all, such as poverty, climate change, and war.

On this episode of The Global Story, Lucy Hockings speaks to the BBC's Sean Coughlan and Professor John Jerrim, from University College London, about which countries have the most successful education systems in the world and what others can learn from them.

00:00 Introduction
01:50 Pisa education tests
05:10 How do you measure good education?
08:25 Successful education systems
12:08 Teacher quality
11:27 Education in the United States
13:45 Impact of war and conflict
17:01 Are girls outperforming boys?
17:59 How to change an education system
19:24 Money and resourcing

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