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Worldwide, Women Reap Fewer Benefits From Education Than Men

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday dropped this enormous study on the economics of education around the world. Seriously, it's 440 pages of data tables, charts, and graphics taking a look at the educational trends of the industrialized world. Want to know the proportion of Greece's population over the age of 55 with at least a secondary education? It's in there.

Education spending: how does the UK compare?

Despite the financial crisis, spending on education as a percentage of GDP rose between 2008 and 2010. Get the full data on how UK spending compares to other wealthy countries as well as the impact of the spending • Get the data • Read analysis from education editor Richard Adams A report analysing education trends in industrialised countries "comes at a time when youth unemployment keeps policy ...