RETHINKING EDUCATION: Junior High School (Grades 7-10)

ESSAY 8 PISA AND WHAT IT REVEALED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM    Juan Miguel Luz[1] Fellow, FEU Public Policy Center The spotty quality of Philippine basic education is something we knew anecdotally but until the PISA results of 2018, did not have objective evidence to bring this into a national discourse on

RETHINKING EDUCATION: Junior High School (Grades 7-10)

ESSAY 7 LEARNING TO THINK BY SUBJECT MATTER DISCIPLINE AND BEYOND  Juan Miguel Luz[1] Fellow, FEU Public Policy Center THE TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY LEARNING The transition from elementary education to junior high is a complex one because it marks a transition from childhood to adolescence (ages 11-12 to 16-17).  Dr. Doris Allen, the psychologist who

RETHINKING EDUCATION: Upper Primary (Grades 4-6)

ESSAY 5 PRIMARY LEARNING METRICS: HOW ARE FILIPINO ELEMENTARY CHILDREN LEARNING?  Juan Miguel Luz[1] Fellow, FEU Public Policy Center PRIMARY LEARNING METRICS The upper primary years of Grades 4 to 6 are the years when students should be going a level up from the simple literacy and numeracy skills of the 3Rs (Reading, wRiting, and

RETHINKING EDUCATION: Kindergarten

ESSAY 3 KINDERGARTEN:  THE FIRST STEP IN FORMAL EDUCATION – THE NEED TO GET CHILDREN STARTED WELL Juan Miguel Luz[1] Fellow, FEU Public Policy Center Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), former Undersecretary of Education Kindergarten is the first step in formal education in what should be a 12-year basic education journey.  There is a Chinese

RETHINKING EDUCATION: Early Childhood Development

ESSAY 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO FUTURE LEARNING (UP TO ADULTHOOD) Juan Miguel Luz[1] [1]  Fellow, FEU Public Policy Center.  Member, Board of Advisors, Philippine Business for Education (PBEd).  Former Undersecretary, Department of Education. There is a message we need to send far and wide:  We need to give our infants, toddlers

RETHINKING PHILIPPNE BASIC EDUCATION

A series of Essays on Basic Education by Juan Miguel Luz[1] Fellow, FEU Public Policy Forum   Philippine Basic Education is not in good shape.  While more Filipino kids are entering Grade 1 these days, too many are dropping out before completion of the entire K-12 cycle.  Worse, of those completing the cycle, the levels

TOO MANY CHILDREN NOT ENROLLED THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS A MAJOR CONCERN

Analysis   November 20, 2020                                                                                                                                                                    Days after posting a blog raising questions about this year’s basic education enrolment figures, Undersecretary of Education, Diosdado ‘Dads’ San Antonio shared with me enrolment data of the Department of Education Planning Service as of November 6, 2020. First the big picture:  A total of 25.04 million learners are recorded to

SCHOOL OPENING 2020: WHERE HAVE THE STUDENTS GONE?

Analysis by Juan Miguel Luz November 5, 2020 In the first month of the new school year (2020-2021), the enrolment numbers in basic education raise a number of serious questions.  There is a sharp drop in private school enrolment.  As of September 7, private school enrolment was at 46.67% of the previous year.  Around 400,000+

SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS DOUBLY-CHALLENGED THIS SCHOOL OPENING

How does a special education (SPED) school deliver education services using distance education?  With distance education the prescribed norm by the Department of Education for schools this school opening (2020), special education schools will be doubly-challenged:  Working with children with disabilities in a completely new school environment which is not face-to-face. Children with disabilities (CWD)

HOW READY ARE OUR SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL OPENING? THREE CASES

Juan Miguel Luz                                                                                                                                    Analysis Published by Rappler, August 1, 2020 As we approach school opening 2020, what is on everybody’s mind is how distance learning will be carried out in fact.  Distance learning is completely new to all but a handful of private schools already attuned to online learning using the internet.  Most schools and