The National Center for Education Statistics has released a new report titled “Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006″ This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries–Canada, France. Germany. Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom.

To view and download the report in pdf format, Click here.

The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 (PDF) says that, halfway to the 2015 deadline, progress has been made toward the goals but there is still much work to be done.

A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) says that rural students perform better in science than their rural counterparts (AP via Centre Daily Times). Status of Education in Rural America brings together data from NCES surveys and the American Community Survey (ACS).

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released new data and tables information about the types of courses that high school graduates have taken, credits earned, grade point averages, and the relationship between coursetaking patterns and NAEP achievement. Information about the new tables and data can be found here.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the rise of Islamic higher education in sub-Saharan Africa.

Note: The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.

A Norwegian study found that first-born children had higher IQs, and attributed the gap to parental treatment rather than genetics (Baltimore Sun).

The research was published in the June issue of Science.

The National Center for Education Statistics has released the Condition of Education 2007, the annual statistical portrait of education in the United States. The 2007 report summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 48 indicators on the status and condition of education and a special analysis on high school coursetaking. Click here to view and download the file in pdf format.

Education by the Numbers: The Fiscal Effect of School Choice Programs, 1990-2006, a new report from the Friedman Foundation, examines the fiscal impact of existing voucher and tax-credit scholarship programs.

Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria by Una Okonkwo Osili and Bridget Terry Long (NBER Working Paper No. 13070)

The Effect of Labor Migration and Remittances on Children’s Education Among Blacks in South Africa by Yao Lu and Donald J. Treiman (California Center for Population Research [UCLA] working paper CCPR-001-07)

The National Center for Education Statistics has released a new report summarizing and comparing event dropout rates for public high school students, by state, for 2002-03 and 2003-04. Click here to download, view and print the publication as a PDF file.