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Reforming education. What will change in school on September 1?

Reforming education. What will change in school on September 1?

PIRLS 2026. Find out what the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study looks like

PIRLS 2026. Find out what the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study looks like

PIRLS is one of the largest educational studies assessing the reading comprehension skills of pupils in the fourth year of school education. We invite you to learn about the process of preparing and conducting the study.
The results of the international TALIS survey will be announced in October

The results of the international TALIS survey will be announced in October

The TALIS survey provides reliable data that helps to better understand the situation of teachers and the needs of schools. This will give us knowledge that will enable us to support schools, teachers, and pupils.
Do men and women really differ in mathematical ability?

Do men and women really differ in mathematical ability?

Differences in mathematical achievement between men and women are generally small or statistically insignificant -argues Aleksandra Gajda of the Maria Grzegorzewska University in her latest article published in the scientific...

‘Young people's social mobility expectations in an unequal world’. An article by Francesca Borgonovi and Artur Pokropek in ‘Science’

‘Young people's social mobility expectations in an unequal world’. An article by Francesca Borgonovi and Artur Pokropek in ‘Science’

An article by Francesca Borgonovi (UCL/OECD) and Artur Pokropek (IBE PIB) in the latest issue of the journal analyses the expectations of young people in 57 countries around the world, based on the 2022 PISA survey.

maciej jakubowski

Maciej Jakubowski, PhD

Director of the Educational Research Institute and a former Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education. He holds a degree in sociology and a doctorate in economic sciences from the University of Warsaw, where he also serves as a professor. Maciej has also pursued academic work at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He has worked as a researcher at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. 

Between 2005 and 2008, he contributed to the Central Examination Commission’s research team, focusing on educational added values, and collaborated with the Center for Social and Economic Analysis (CASE). From 2008 to 2012, he was an analyst with the PISA team at the OECD in Paris. As Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education (2012-2014), Maciej was responsible for strategic development and educational financing. In 2014, he founded the Evidence Institute Foundation, dedicated to promoting the application of research in educational practice and policy-making.

He is deeply committed to educational research and is equally passionate about communicating evidence-based teaching methodologies to educators, students, and parents. He has advised governments and international organisations, including the World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, UNDP, and the European Commission. He is the author of numerous scientific papers, research reports, and works aimed at popularising educational research.