23 Jun 2022
30 June 2022: Psychosocial support to children and adolescence in education projects: Good practices and challenges
On 30 June 2022 from 3:00pm-5:00pm, the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI) will host the interactive webinar “Psychosocial support to children and adolescence in education projects: Good practices and challenges.” The webinar will be in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. Deadline to register is 24 June 2022. Register here About the... Read More
21 Jun 2022
UNICEF launches a methodological review of the Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research
The pandemic has aggravated a learning crisis and put global goals in jeopardy. And yet, even in the most challenging educational contexts, some schools outperform others located in similar contexts and with an equivalent level of resources. Why do these exceptional schools, known as ‘positive deviant’ schools, achieve improved outcomes in learning, retention, equity and... Read More
20 Jun 2022
The Privatization of Education: Reflections on UNESCO’s GEM Report on Non-State Actors
In this NORRAG Highlights, Steven J. Klees, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland discusses UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report on Non-State Actors in Education: Who Chooses? Who Loses? Klees looks at the scope of the report, its recommendations and offers a critical view of its limitations, impacted by... Read More
20 Jun 2022
28 June 2022: Striking the right balance: State and non-state engagement within technical and vocational education and training
As part of its mandate to compile, synthesize and analyse the latest and most important themes in international education, the 2021/22 Global Education Monitoring Report on non-state actors in education reviews a wide range of stakeholders and their activities across all levels of education, with an entire chapter dedicated to non-state engagement within technical and vocational education... Read More
20 Jun 2022
Event Highlights: KIX EAP Webinar 13 “Data that speaks, school reforms that follow”
русский I العربية The 13th KIX EAP Webinar took place on 31st May 2022. The webinar dealt with foundational learning in schools. It illustrated how data has been used in some of the countries of the EAP region to understand (i) what the root causes are for poor student performance and (ii) what we can... Read More
17 Jun 2022
Special Rapporteur on the right to education: Report on the digitalization of education now available
In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education addresses the risks and opportunities of the digitalization of education for the right to education. She calls for discussions relating to the introduction of digital technologies in education to be framed around the right of every person to public, free, quality education and the... Read More
16 Jun 2022
Job Board: IIEP-UNESCO: Team leader positions accepting applications in Dakar and Paris
The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning has team leader positions (P-5) currently open in Paris, France and Dakar, Senegal to strengthen the capacities of ministries of education in effectively planning and managing their education systems. The team leaders will lead technical cooperation activities, including direct planning and sector management support to countries, as well... Read More
15 Jun 2022
23 June 2022: Educational Perspectives for a Common Future / Perspectivas educativas para un futuro común
Date: 23 June 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am EDT / 15:00 – 17:00 CEST/Geneva To meet the growing challenges of societies undergoing wide-sweeping transformations, education must be seen not merely as the sum of skills acquired, but as a broader societal endeavour towards human well-being that enables people to live meaningful and dignified... Read More
10 Jun 2022
Launch: 10th Issue of the Philanthropy & Education Journal
The 10th issue of Philanthropy & Education has been released, marking five full years of the journal. Sponsored by Teachers College, Columbia University and published by Indiana University Press, Philanthropy & Education publishes interdisciplinary works which examine prosocial voluntary actions benefitting education. Below, please find all of the articles and abstracts from Volume 5. To learn more about prior... Read More
09 Jun 2022
The Missing Link Between Data and Purpose
This Blog Post is contributed by Jainisha Chavda, a Ph.D. Candidate in Education Policy at Michigan State University, as part of the NORRAG Blog Series on Missing Education Data which aims to further explore six themes that emerged from the inaugural summit and its accompanying papers and expert consultations. In this post, the author highlights a gap... Read More