10 Jul 2019
RECI: Thematic Day “Teacher Training for Quality Education (TTQE)”, 19 November 2019
The promotion of quality education for all is a major pillar of the 2030 Global Education Agenda. Achieving this goal requires adequate preparation and formation of teachers and other actors in the education sector. Especially in developing countries, the conditions to ensure effective teaching through adequate formation are often not given. Thus, international cooperation is... Read More
09 Jul 2019
Investing in internally displaced children’s education is investing in their future
This post is published as part of the debate series: Towards Evidence-Based Financing for Education in Emergencies, by NORRAG and INEE, intended to promote discussion of and explore the linkages between financing and evidence for education in emergencies (EiE). It is also jointly published by NORRAG and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) on the occasion of the... Read More
05 Jul 2019
10 July 2019, Geneva: Peking University Summer Program Switzerland
In July 2019, Joost Monks gave a presentation on “The Sustainable Development Goals- The case of Education and the impact of the digital transformation and AI on the future of education”. The session was attended by a group of students visiting the Graduate Institute as part of the Peking University Summer School. The seminar was... Read More
03 Jul 2019
We Need More and Better Data on Education: 38 Organizations Issue a Collective Call to Fund Education Data that Will Allow the World to Reach Sustainable Development Goal 4
This post is published as part of the debate series: Towards Evidence-Based Financing for Education in Emergencies, by NORRAG and INEE, intended to promote discussion of and explore the linkages between financing and evidence for education in emergencies (EiE). This post focuses on the necessity of greater funding for data on SDG 4 – a quality, inclusive education... Read More
30 Jun 2019
20-21 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Education in Emergencies Data Summit
see the Event Highlights for a more complete report of the event. NORRAG, the USAID Middle East Education Research Training and Support (MEERS) program, and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) will co-host an Education in Emergencies (EiE) Data Summit on 20-21 June in Geneva, Switzerland. The two-day Summit will aim to address... Read More
26 Jun 2019
Launch of NORRAG Special Issue 02 ‘Data Collection and Evidence Building to Support Education in Emergencies’
NORRAG officially launched the English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish edition of NORRAG Special Issue 02: Data collection and evidence building to support education in emergencies. The launch took place at the Education in Emergencies Data Summit on June 20 2019 in Geneva; the English version was previewed earlier in April at CIES 2019. This... Read More
26 Jun 2019
Innovative Financing for Education in Africa: Exploring Models, Connecting Actors and Fostering Conversations for Impact
This post is part of the NORRAG Debates stream on Philanthropy in Education which contributes to the ongoing dialogue to help unpack the questions, issues, and arguments concerning philanthropy in the education sector. In this post, Aleesha Taylor, founder and principal of Herald Advisors, reflects on her keynote speech delivered at the “Philanthropy in Africa:... Read More
24 Jun 2019
NORRAG hosts meeting around AI in Education
On 6 May 2019, NORRAG was pleased to host an exploratory meeting on the Impact of AI on education. It looked at the use of technology in Education as well as the changes that will occur in Education systems in the digital age. The meeting was convened with Dr. Amandeep Singh Gill, Executive Director and... Read More
19 Jun 2019
Data Collection and Evidence Building to Support Education in Emergencies
This NORRAG Highlights published by Mary Mendenhall, Associate Professor of Practice and the Director of the International and Comparative Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Arianna Pacifico, a doctoral student in the International and Comparative Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University, shows why quality data on Education in Emergencies (EiE) are critical... Read More
13 Jun 2019
FreshEd: Building Evidence on Education in Emergencies with Mary Mendenhall
Some thirty-five percent of out-of-school children live in conflict-affected areas. However, before anyone can act to change this fact, information and data on education in emergencies is critical, but inadequate in most cases. In the most recent FreshEd talk Mary Mendenhall, editor of NSI 02, describes what education in emergencies (EiE) embraces and how complex... Read More