OECD: Starting Strong I + II: Early Childhood Education and Care
Starting strong. [1]. Early childhood education and care. 
Improving the quality of, and access to, early childhood education and care has become a major policy priority in OECD Member countries. The early years are increasingly viewed as the first step in lifelong learning and a key component of a successful educational, social, and family policy agenda. Countries have adopted diverse strategies to policy development in this field - [...]
Starting Strong II: Early Childhood Education and Care (2006) 
international
This review of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in twenty OECD countries describes the social, economic, conceptual and research factors that influence early childhood policy. Starting Strong II outlines the progress made by the participating countries in responding to the key aspects of successful ECEC policy outlined [...]
In context:
Focus on Germany:
News worldwide
- Mobile phone use in schools in the USA, Great Britain, Ireland and Italy (DLF 09.09.25) [courtesy translation]
- OECD published its report "Education at a Glance 2025"
- The African Union Moves to Harmonize Learning Assessments through a New Continental Framework (Unesco 30.07.25)
- An Introduction to AI and Intercultural Communication Education.