26 Oct 2018
Now Available “The State, Business, and Education: Public-Private Partnerships Revisited”
NORRAG’s open-access book “The State, Business, and Education: Public-Private Partnerships Revisited”, edited by Gita Steiner-Khamsi, NORRAG Director and Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and the Graduate Institute, and Alexandra Draxler, NORRAG Senior Advisor is now available (released October 2018). Look inside This is the first volume in a new open-access book series entitled NORRAG... Read More
23 Oct 2018
Call for contributions - NORRAG Special Issue 02 Data collection and evidence building to support education in emergencies
قراءة هذه الدعوة باللغة العربية Lea la convocatoria en español Voir cet appel en français NORRAG invites specialists and stakeholders interested or involved in education to submit an article in English, French, Spanish or Arabic to NORRAG Special Issue 02 – Data Collection and Evidence Building to Support Education in Emergencies. NORRAG Special issue (NSI)... Read More
22 Oct 2018
When you have a dashboard hammer in your hand, everything looks like an infographic nail
This NORRAG Highlights is published by Luis Crouch[1], Senior Economist in the International Development Group of RTI International, along with his colleagues and co-writers, Alex Pavluck acting as Informatics Application Advisor and Julio Rank Wright, Senior Business Strategy Specialist. In this post, the authors warn against the overuse of data visualization without in-depth analysis: “Policy dashboards... Read More
16 Oct 2018
NORRAG at the 11th Policy Dialogue Forum on “Strengthening Teacher Education: A prerequisite for quality teaching, training and learning”, 5-9 November, 2018
NORRAG joined delegates at the Annual Meeting and 11th Policy Dialogue Forum, jointly organised by the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica and UNESCO (5-9 November 2018 in Montego Bay, Jamaica). The Annual meeting and 11th Policy Dialogue Forum focus on the issues pertaining... Read More
15 Oct 2018
NORRAG attends second meeting of INEE Education Policy Working Group
The second meeting of the Inter-Agency Network of Education in Emergencies (INEE) Education Policy Working Group takes place in Nairobi, Kenya on 17-19 October 2018. Patrick Montjouridès, NORRAG’s Senior Research Associate, is participating in the meeting. NORRAG was elected as a member of INEE’s Education Policy Working Group (EPWG) earlier this year for 2018-2020. The... Read More
12 Oct 2018
Facing the Climate Change Catastrophe: Education as Solution or Cause?
This NORRAG Highlights was prepared in response to the recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by Iveta Silova (Arizona State University Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education) and Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye (Kyoto University Graduate School of Education). It highlights the role, currently overlooked and underestimated, education should... Read More
10 Oct 2018
28 and 29 November 2018: Case study methodology workshop in China
In the framework of its cooperation with the China Global Philanthropy Institute NORRAG conducted a workshop on Case Study Methodology in Beijing on 28 and 29 November. The workshop was conducted by Christine Harris-Van Keuren and Joost Monks. The purpose of the workshop is to build capacity in the framework of CGPI’s ongoing work and... Read More
09 Oct 2018
NORRAG moderates expert advice discussion on Guiding Principles on private actors in education
Since 2015, a large group of education stakeholders have been working together to facilitate the process for development by experts of human rights Guiding Principles on private actors in education (GPs). These Guiding Principles will compile and clarify States’ existing obligations in education and provide guidance on how to implement the right to education in... Read More
05 Oct 2018
Even with all our new tech, quality learning still requires quality teachers: Reflections for World Teachers Day
This NORRAG Highlights is published on the occasion of World Teachers Day, celebrated annually on 5 October. Tara Stafford Ocansey is the Senior Education Technology Specialist of the Connect To Learn initiative of the Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University. In this blog post, the author reminds us of the central role of teachers... Read More
01 Oct 2018
Call for contributions - NORRAG Special Issue 03 Global Monitoring of National Educational Development: Coercive or Constructive?
Leer este artículo en español NORRAG and the Interdisciplinary Program on Educational Policies and Practices (PIPE) of the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), Mexico, invite specialists and stakeholders interested or involved in education to contribute with an article in Spanish or English in the second volume of: NORRAG Special Issue 03 – Global Monitoring... Read More