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Algraini, Saad – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
In Saudi Arabia, the national education policy emphasises developing well-rounded human beings. This broader role of education echoes the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, which urge greater efforts to empower students to create a better world. This paper aims to investigate to what extent the rhetoric of Saudi education policy has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Holistic Approach, Educational Policy
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Mahfouz, Julia; Sausner, Erica; Kornhaber, Mindy – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
This qualitative study of U.S. international schools overseas explores the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in six U.S. international schools overseas (The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait). The Common Core was introduced in 2009 in the U.S. as a national (not federal) 'standards-based reform'. Such…
Descriptors: International Schools, Common Core State Standards, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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Tayan, Bilal M. – International Education Studies, 2017
The King Abdullah Public Education Development Project or the "Tatweer" education reforms were created to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Saudi Arabia. It was a response to develop generations of Saudis who would contribute to the economic well-being of the nation. The Saudi Tatweer education reforms have been important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy