28 Oct 2013

Beyond Learning Outputs: Reflections on the Measurement of ‘Education for All’ in the Post-2015 Scenario

By Antoni Verger, Adrián Zancajo and Xavier Bonal. In the context of the post-2015 debate, many stakeholders are advocating for the introduction of a learning-related goal as the most appropriate way to monitor educational progress in low-income countries. Of course, good quality education systems should provide all children with the same opportunities to learn, as...
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21 Oct 2013

Many Different Carriers are Offering Flights to a Post-2015 Destination!

By Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh and NORRAG. >> NORRAG News 49 on the subject of Education and Development in the Post-2015 Landscapes is now available online The new, once-mysterious destination of post-2015 is suddenly becoming better known, particularly in OECD countries. But many of the new carriers are still looking for passengers. MDG (Mobility...
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14 Oct 2013

Funding Global Public Goods in the Education Sector: A Growing Challenge

By Raymond Wanner and Birger Fredriksen, Members of IIEP’s Governing Board. The importance of the issues dealt with by this year’s United Nations General Assembly should serve as a reminder of the growing importance of global institutions in an increasingly interdependent world. Even relatively small institutions may play important roles. One such institution is The...
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07 Oct 2013

Let ‘Children are Enjoying Learning’ be the Paramount Post-2015 Educational Goal

By Mike Douse, Freelance International Educational Consultant.[1]  Many contributions to the post-MDG debate embody the well-intentioned yet thoroughly misguided notion that education is all about poverty reduction and material progress. Many participants in that debate take that misconceived stand not as a debatable hypothesis but as a glorious given. They see education as instrumental to...
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30 Sep 2013

The Future of Innovative Financing for Education in Fragility

By Christine Smith Ellison, University of Ulster. There are two crucial questions regarding the future of innovative financing in education and fragility which must be addressed: Are we focusing on the wrong countries? Are we focusing on the wrong sector? First a word of context. The shock to the global economic system over the past...
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19 Sep 2013

Business, As Usual, Distorts Education (Part II)

By Steven Klees, University of Maryland.   In Part I, I argued that neoliberalism’s narrow focus on business and the market system has distorted education through:  blaming education for not meeting the needs of business; marketing entrepreneurship instead of creating good jobs; relying on a very limited human capital framework; and making an unrealistic connection...
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18 Sep 2013

Business, As Usual, Distorts Education (Part I)

By Steven Klees, University of Maryland.   Capitalism became a global force centuries ago.  But for most of its history, there was a struggle through which the inequalities and excesses that came along with it were tempered, at least partially, by government interventions.  That led, in many countries, to about 50 years of the welfare...
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12 Sep 2013

The Post-2015 Debates and the Challenges for the International Education and Development Research Community

By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. As the end date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches so the focus on goals, visions and policies for development after 2015 becomes ever heightened. However, there has been relatively little engagement by the educational research community in these debates. A former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Burnett,...
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