22 Mar 2019
[Video] Lunch Briefing - Public-private Partnerships: Challenges and Consequences for Education with Gita Steiner Khamsi
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor at Columbia University (Teachers College), New York and at the Graduate Institute, Geneva talks in this lunch briefing recorded on 19 March 2019 at the Graduate Institute on the topic of public-private partnerships in education. A project of the modern nation-state, compulsory education is national in terms of accreditation, teaching content and... Read More
21 Mar 2019
Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
This NORRAG Debates on the Right to Education is published by Professor Ann Skelton on the occasion of the publication of the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education. Prof. Skelton chairs the Drafting Committee of the Abidjan Principles and is a... Read More
21 Mar 2019
Landmark Abidjan Principles on the right to education published
The final text of the Abidjan Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education has been published on Thursday 21st March 2019, at The Heron Portico Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The Abidjan Principles is a new landmark reference point in terms of understanding the... Read More
14 Mar 2019
‘Education technology and data science for inclusive systems’ – Interview with Patrick Montjouridés on 2019 UKFIET conference theme
NORRAG Senior Research Associate Patrick Montjouridès was recently interviewed on “Education technology and data science for inclusive systems” as theme co-convenor of one of six 2019 UKFIET conference themes, ‘Education technology and data science for inclusive systems’. What excites you about the theme of ‘education technology and data science for inclusive systems’? As with all... Read More
12 Mar 2019
Big Data? Big Deal: The Inability of Big Data to Escape the Limitations of Impact Evaluation
This NORRAG Highlights is published by D. Brent Edwards Jr., Assistant Professor of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Education at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. In this post, the author looks at methods used to process and transform education-related data called “impact evaluations”. Big data in the field of global education policy uses... Read More
07 Mar 2019
Data to Celebrate 50 Years of Progress on Girls’ Education
This NORRAG Highlights was prepared for the International Women’s Day and is published by Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), which is the official UN repository for statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communications. In this post, the author indicates that there has been significant progress... Read More
28 Feb 2019
What Makes a Good Classroom? New UIS Data on School Conditions
This NORRAG Highlights was prepared by Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), which is the official UN repository for statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communications. In this post, the author stresses the importance of providing good environment and conditions for teachers and children at schools... Read More
22 Feb 2019
Chief technical advisor for the skills & employment development project at Helvetas
Helvetas is looking for a result-oriented and innovative Chief technical advisor for the skills & employment development project which aims to increase the opportunities for young people with disadvantaged backgrounds in rural Laos to gain a decent income through wage employment or self-employed activities. To this extent, the project supports the development of relevant, good quality... Read More
14 Feb 2019
New landmark Abidjan Principles on the right to education and private actors adopted by experts
A group of human rights experts from around the world adopted, on 13 February 2019, the Abidjan Principles on the right to education today, following three years of consultations, reflection and drafting. The Abidjan Principles seek to strengthen existing efforts to ensure that everyone’s right to education is protected in the context of growing, and... Read More
13 Feb 2019
The Growth of Philanthropy in China: From Education to Philanthropy to Philanthropy for Education
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, Fabrice Jaumont, a French educator, researcher and author based in New York, reflects on the importance of philanthropy in education... Read More