06 Mar 2023
New Issue Release: Journal on Education in Emergencies in French and English
This bilingual special issue of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) offers empirical observations of the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students, parents, and teachers in conflict and crisis-affected contexts. It lends rigorous evidence in support of approaches that strengthen preparedness and mitigate against adverse child protection and learning outcomes from future... Read More
03 Mar 2023
Job Board: The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is building its management team
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is recruiting different roles to build a management team that will implement its vision to serve the needs of Member States, ensuring that their policies and decision-making are informed by sound statistical information, that they can benchmark progress towards national and international goals, and learn from the experience of... Read More
02 Mar 2023
Job Board: Postdoctoral Fellow in International Sustainable Development at Indiana University
The Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) of Global and International Studies at Indiana University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Sustainable Development. This post-doctoral position will contribute to a growing HLS strength in teaching and research on sustainable development studies in an international context. The postdoctoral fellow will maintain an active research agenda in the... Read More
Event Highlights: Launch of the Spanish Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 06 “States of Emergency: Education in the Time of COVID-19”
The Spanish Edition of NSI 06, prepared by Felicitas Acosta, Researcher and Professor of Comparative and History of Education at National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina, Regional Editor of NSI and NORRAG’s Regional Coordinator for Spanish speaking Latin American countries, was launched on 2 February. It includes two original articles written by authors located in... Read More
28 Feb 2023
Per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan
In this NORRAG Highlights, Ali Ait Si Mhamed and Rita Kaša argue that the introduction of per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan creates a possibility for achieving better educational outcomes. It describes per-capita school funding reform rationales and its initial effects on the schools. The blog also discusses how the per-capita funding formula adjustments for large... Read More
21 Feb 2023
The Privatization of Education: The Big Picture
In this NORRAG Highlights, based on a talk given on February 14, 2023 at the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) annual meeting in Washington D.C., Steven J. Klees, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland, settles accounts with the privatization of education, which he considers a juggernaut of... Read More
20 Feb 2023
#TheSouthAlsoKnows knowledge equity campaign launched at CIES 2023
Launched at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference on 14-22 February 2023, #TheSouthAlsoKnows aims to contribute to reversing the North-to-South flow of expertise and decision making. The initiative aims to create a megaphone to amplify under-represented expert knowledge from the South to audiences globally, including in the North. This initiative will also... Read More
14 Feb 2023
The Business of Development: The Institutional Rationales of Technology Corporations in Educational Development
In this NORRAG Highlights, Lara Patil, NORRAG Advisor, presents her research on the motivations and rationales of technology corporations in educational development. Given the growing recognition of the role of the private sector in achieving the SDGs, she suggests a need for greater transparency and stronger education sector planning tools to evaluate the opportunities and... Read More
14 Feb 2023
International Review of Education: “The Faure report – 50 years on”
The latest special issue of UNESCO’S International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (Volume 68, Issue 5, October 2022) is titled “The Faure Report – 50 Years On,” a collection of articles edited by Maren Elfert and Alexandra Draxler. First published in 1972, the Faure report, titled “Learning to be: The world of... Read More