23 Jan 2017
Do the SDGs Matter? A Teacher’s View By Desmond Bermingham
By Desmond Bermingham, Varkey Foundation, London. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may be important for global policy makers, the real change... Read More
17 Jan 2017
For Global Learning Metrics, Ask Cognitive Scientists by Helen Abadzi
By Helen Abadzi, College of Education, University of Texas at Arlington. The December of 2016 brought worrisome messages to many Ministries of... Read More
09 Jan 2017
2017: Reshaping the Landscape for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training by Kenneth King
Kenneth King, NORRAG News editor, and University of Edinburgh In our first blog of January 2016, we celebrated the end of post-2015... Read More
22 Dec 2016
SDG? What is That? By Claudio de Moura Castro
By Claudio de Moura Castro, Positivo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The purpose of this note is to comment on how the SDG framework... Read More
15 Dec 2016
Might the Ambitious Targets for Post-Basic Education Further Delay Achievement of Universal Basic Education Beyond 2030 in Sub-Saharan Africa? By Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development Institute. I am a strong supporter of the education Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). However, in this... Read More
12 Dec 2016
A Global Offer for Learning: Rewards for Testing and Educational Progress by William Savedoff
By William Savedoff, Centre for Global Development. Developing countries spend $1 trillion annually on education and receive $13 billion in foreign aid,... Read More
08 Dec 2016
Education SDG Indicator on Learning Outcomes Gets a Major Upgrade by Luis Benveniste
By Luis Benveniste, World Bank, and Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics. There has been an important shift in the global measurement... Read More
05 Dec 2016
Pakistan’s Educational Foresight and Alignment with the Education SDG by Sajid Ali
By Sajid Ali, Aga Khan University, Pakistan. If SDG-4 does not want to end up with the same fate as EFA or... Read More
30 Nov 2016
Is the Meister Vocational High School More Cost-Effective in South Korea? By Kye Woo LEE and Dae Hong KIM
By Kye Woo LEE and Dae Hong KIM, Korea Development Institute (KDI), South Korea, and Hay Kyeong LEE, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.... Read More
28 Nov 2016
Education, Training and Agenda 2030: What Progress One Year On? By NORRAG
By NORRAG. What has actually transpired globally, regionally and nationally since the education and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were confirmed in... Read More