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Schooling’s stagnation
Must try harder
Schools in rich countries are making poor progress. They need to get back to basics, argues Mark Johnson
- Schooling’s stagnation: Schools in rich countries are making poor progress
- Teachers: The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose
- Technology: Will artificial intelligence transform school?
- Soft skills: Efforts to teach character bring promise and perils
- Back to basics: England’s school reforms are earning fans abroad
- Schooling’s stagnation: Sources and acknowledgments
2024
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Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
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The India express
With the right changes, it can become an engine of global growth, say Arjun Ramani and Thomas Easton
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The long goodbye
The next 50 years will be different, argues Vijay Vaitheeswaran in a special report
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Move fast and mend things
The super-rich are hoping to get money to the needy faster, says Avantika Chilkoti
2023–2000
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The new economy net zero needs
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored
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Unknown soldiers
Overestimating China’s armed forces would be dangerous, argues Jeremy Page
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Homeland Economics
Governments across the world are rediscovering industrial policy. They are making a big mistake, argues Callum Williams
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Battlefield lessons
The war shows how technology is changing the battlefield. But mass still counts, argues Shashank Joshi
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Cashless talk
The fight over payments systems is hotting up around the world. There may be surprising winners, says Arjun Ramani
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A difficult new world
Everything about carmaking is changing at once. The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
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Insert coin
As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the same path as other mass media, says Tom Wainwright
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Frontline Formosa
Taiwan’s fate will, ultimately, be decided by the battle-readiness of its people, says Alice Su
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Erdogan’s empire
Approaching its centenary, Turkey faces an election that could decide its future as a democracy, argues Piotr Zalewski