10 Oct 2022
3rd Annual KIX Symposium
Date: 12 – 13 October 2022 Time: 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM EDT (13:00 – 14:30 Geneva time) On 12-13 October 2022 from 13:00-14:30 Geneva time, the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) will host the... Read More
07 Oct 2022
Job Board: University of Cambridge is hiring a Senior Teaching Associate in Education and International Development
Cambridge University’s Faculty of Education is looking to appoint a Senior Teaching Associate in Education and International Development. The Senior Teaching Associate will lead and contribute to the Faculty’s teaching and learning at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including teaching, supervision of Master students’ research, as well as important leadership, administrative and management duties... Read More
06 Oct 2022
Proponents and opponents of private education need to work together
Sharing ideas and focusing on common issues will improve education overall This Blog post is contributed by John Soleanicov, Co-Lead of the Learning Schools Portfolio for the Jacobs Foundation, as part of the NORRAG Blog Series on Philanthropy in Education (PiE) which aims to foster dialogue between key stakeholders on critical issues relating to the... Read More
05 Oct 2022
KIX EAP Podcast #18: What’s it like to start a new educational organisation, with Moni Siv, founder and CEO of Teach For Cambodia
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Monirath (Moni) Siv, the founder and CEO of Teach For Cambodia (TFC). In the Podcast, Mr Siv talks about his motivation to start a new educational organisation in Cambodia along with some of the challenges and barriers... Read More
03 Oct 2022
5 October 2022: World Bank Event "Putting Teachers at the Center: Celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2022"
On 5 October 2022 at 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT (16:00 – 17:30 CEST/ Geneva), the World Bank will hold an online event to celebrate World Teachers’ Day. The 90-minute panel, “Putting Teachers at the Center: Celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2022” will celebrate the importance of teachers and discuss how to best support teacher... Read More
30 Sep 2022
KIX Research Update - Data Must Speak report on school performance in Nepal
Nepal has seen improvements with education access, participation and retention in recent years. However, learning outcomes remain stagnant. So, how can we harness the power of existing administrative datasets to improve learning? A new report from the Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance Research, a KIX research project led by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti,... Read More
29 Sep 2022
II Freire Conference: building the bridge between popular education and university
Between 17-21 October 2022, the “II Freire Conference: building the bridge between popular education and university“ will take place at the Faculty of Education (University of Cambridge), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and online, organised by the The Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) and Universidade Emancipa. It is an international, multicultural,... Read More
28 Sep 2022
Post-EdTech Futures
Educational technologies are often presumed to be central to the future of education. In this blog post, part of our series on the digitalisation of education, Ben Williamson explores how visions of EdTech’s future are imagined, shared, and made to seem consensual. EdTech founders and venture capital investors are today’s dominant visionaries of education, but the... Read More
26 Sep 2022
New philanthropy in the Dominican Republic: from foundation towards profit generation
This Blog Post is contributed by Alejandro Caravaca, D. Brent Edwards Jr. and Mauro C. Moschetti as part of the NORRAG Blog Series on Philanthropy in Education (PiE) which aims to foster dialogue between key stakeholders on critical issues relating to the global and regional role of Philanthropy in Education. In this Blog Post, the... Read More
26 Sep 2022
Request for proposal: GPE KIX Knowledge Synthesis on Educational Options for Out of School Children
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is requesting proposals for the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Knowledge Synthesis on Educational Options for Out of School Children. KIX is a joint endeavour between the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the IDRC to connect expertise, innovation and knowledge in GPE partner countries... Read More