07 May 2019
A Global Wave of Teacher Protests: Frontline Accounts from Brazil, Mexico, and the United States
This NORRAG Highlights published by Rebecca Tarlau, Assistant Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, looks at how teacher activists in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States have responded with “oppositional unionism” to policies which emphasize teachers as the major barrier to providing quality education. The author explains why internal union dynamics – as a response... Read More
24 Apr 2019
[Job Board] Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Evaluation) - Education Above All
Summary Responsible for coordination of the design, implementation and reporting of the evaluation and Learning and Knowledge management components of the Educate A Child (a global program of Education Above All) M&E Functions- Including formative and summative evaluations, case studies, surveys, and other assessments of EAC program activities and providing technical guidance and support to... Read More
24 Apr 2019
[Job Board] Policy Analyst - Education Policy Implementation - OECD
Summary OECD’s Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU)’s Policy Advice and Implementation Division (PAI) is looking for a Policy Analyst to join its new Implementing Policies: Supporting Change in Education programme, which aims to assist OECD countries and jurisdictions in the implementation of their education policies. The analyst will take on a variety of tasks,... Read More
23 Apr 2019
Event Report - Investing in Education in Africa: Diverse Perspectives on Innovative Financing
On Thursday, April 9, 2019, the Center for African Education, in collaboration with NORRAG, Tri-State Area Africa Funders, and the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School organized the conference “Investing in Education in Africa: Diverse Perspectives on Innovative Financing” on education investing in Africa as part of the NORRAG Philanthropy in Education... Read More
16 Apr 2019
FreshEd Live: Altered States of Education with Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Gita Steiner-Khamsi recently took part in the first ever FreshEd Live event recorded on 14 April 2019 in San Francisco. Professor Steiner-Khamsi addressed a range of issues related to private sector engagement in public education and touched upon topics such as Bridge International, the International Baccalaureate, the Abidjan Principles and from network governance to system... Read More
09 Apr 2019
9 April 2019, New York, USA: Investing in Education in Africa: Diverse Perspectives on Innovative Financing
Read the report published after the conference The George Clement Bond Center for African Education, in collaboration with NORRAG, organised on 9 April 2019 at Teachers College, Columbia University, a panel discussion on “Investing in Education in Africa: Diverse Perspectives on Innovative Financing.” The event was co-sponsored by Teachers College Vice President’s Diversity and Community... Read More
04 Apr 2019
14-18 April 2019, San Francisco, USA: NORRAG panels at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Education for Sustainability
NORRAG and its network members will participate in the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference on 14-18 April 2019, San Francisco, USA. With the growth and evolution of philanthropy in education worldwide, NORRAG’s panels seek to explain the possible impact of new philanthropy and other similar approaches as it bypasses existing policies and... Read More
01 Apr 2019
Forced Migration Review #60: Education: needs, rights and access in displacement
Issue #60 of Forced Migration Review is out, with a focus on “Education: needs, rights and access in displacement”. Education is one of the most important aspects of our lives – vital to our development, our understanding and our personal and professional fulfilment throughout life. In times of crisis, however, millions of displaced young people... Read More
29 Mar 2019
5 April 2019, New York, USA: The Abidjan Principles - Regulating Private Involvement in Education
NORRAG and Teachers College, Columbia University co-organised a workshop about the recently signed Abidjan Principles on 5 April 2019 at Teachers College in New York with Sylvain Aubry from the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. On 13 February 2019, the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public... Read More
28 Mar 2019
Addressing Racial Discrimination: the Promise of Education’s Role in Disrupting Narratives of Hate
This NORRAG Highlights, co-published by World Education Blog, was prepared for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and is published by Alexandra Da Dalt, Communications Specialist at RAIN International. In this post, the author looks at the role of education in addressing racial discrimination in a time of rising hate speech and... Read More