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  1. Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 October 2017

    Why we can’t see the PPP picture clearly

    By Lynsey Robinson, EQUIPPPS & Jasmine Gideon, Birkbeck, University of London The landscape of partnerships in international development has been changing rapidly over the past decade, with significant realignment of roles between the state, private and third sectors[i] .This has led to Public Private Partnerships[ii] being promoted as the solution...

    Why we can’t see the PPP picture clearly
  2. Fighting the commercialisation of education 11 October 2017

    The debate about private education in Nepal: Struggles for access, quality and equity

    By Tejendra Pherali, University College London & Pramod Bhatta, Tribhuvan University In recent decades, private network schools and ‘low-fee’ private schools have grown significantly in low-income contexts in Africa and South Asia. The former represents increasing commodification of education and the education sector as a domain of business/commercial investment and;...

    The debate about private education in Nepal: Struggles for access, quality and equity
  3. Union growth 11 October 2017

    Think Global, Act Local: Perspectives from EI Young Advocates' workshop

    Gabriel A. Tanglao

    I am a young teacher from New Jersey with over seven years in the classroom. This summer, I traveled to seven different cities to participate in ten different conferences. We had powerful conversations around racial justice in education, progressive movement-building, leadership development, and more. The most impactful experience was the...

    Think Global, Act Local: Perspectives from EI Young Advocates' workshop
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 October 2017

    Celebrating World Teachers Day in Japan

    Yuuichiro Izumi

    Japan Teachers Union celebrated 70th anniversary this year. We have worked to improve the working conditions of educators as well as rights to education for children.

    Celebrating World Teachers Day in Japan
  5. Standards and working conditions 5 October 2017

    The educational bottom lines

    Steffen Handal

    "The Oslo School system is run like a big company where the students' achievements represent the bottom line. The goal is improvement year by year."

    The educational bottom lines
  7. Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 October 2017

    The commercialisation of public schooling in Australia

    By Anna Hogan, the University of Queensland  The privatisation of public education is attracting a lot of attention around the world but what is happening within public schooling is falling under the radar. Increases in commercialisation in public schooling is attracting less scrutiny. Commercialisation is the creation, marketing and sale...

    The commercialisation of public schooling in Australia
  8. Equity and inclusion 28 September 2017

    Curriculum, Textbooks and Gender Stereotypes: The case of Pakistan

    Haleema Masud

    Education holds the power to form the understanding, attitudes and the behaviour of individuals. It is used as a tool for the promotion of national identities and can enhance the privilege of certain groups in the society (Smith, 1991), including men’s power over women. Gender roles and inequalities are reproduced,...

    Curriculum, Textbooks and Gender Stereotypes: The case of Pakistan
  9. Fighting the commercialisation of education 22 September 2017

    Pakistan: Questioning gender and teachers work in Low Fee Private Schools

    By Momina Afridi, University of Toronto Low fee private schools under the umbrella of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in education in Punjab, Pakistan are increasingly being embraced by international donors, international non-governmental organisations and the government.

    Pakistan: Questioning gender and teachers work in Low Fee Private Schools
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2017

    Recession, Recovery, and Regime Change: Effects on Child Poverty in Hungary

    Andras Gabos, Istvan Gyorgy Toth

    The relative well-being of children is, in principle, driven by a mix of socio-economic developments (business cycles, demographic trends, etc.) on the one hand and of policy responses on the other. When the paradigmatic elements of policies (the policy regimes themselves) change, things get more complicated. This is exactly what...

    Recession, Recovery, and Regime Change: Effects on Child Poverty in Hungary
  11. Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 September 2017

    Strategic ignorance, political elites, and the false economy of education privatisation

    By Susan L. Robertson, University of Cambridge I often puzzle over how it is that though we know so much about the spectacular failures of privatisation initiatives in the social and education sectors, international agencies and governments, from the UK to the USA and Liberia continue to be hell-bent on...

    Strategic ignorance, political elites, and the false economy of education privatisation
  12. Fighting the commercialisation of education 8 September 2017

    Evaluating the Liberian school privatisation program

    By Tyler Hook, University of Wisconsin In September 2016, the Ministry of Education of Liberia officially launched a public private partnership called the Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL) pilot, with 8 providers operating 93 schools. Promoted with the aim of dramatically improving learning outcomes for children, in an equitable, cost-effective,...

    Evaluating the Liberian school privatisation program
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 August 2017

    In Support of a Whole Child Movement

    Sean Slade

    Five years ago this summer, a group of 13 educators penned an opinion piece in the Huffington Post calling for a more humanistic approach to education. The article entitled In Support of the Whole Child, began by stating, We are at a crossroads in this nation regarding the direction that...

    In Support of a Whole Child Movement
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 August 2017

    Unbundling ties: The long-term legacy of the crisis in education in Europe 

    Susan Flocken

    In response to the financial crisis of 2008, governments across Europe used public money to stabilize the system and bail out banks. Private sector activity and investment fell, and the public sector was often used for unilateral adjustments in view of reducing public debt and deficit level and to respect...

    Unbundling ties: The long-term legacy of the crisis in education in Europe 
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 August 2017

    Idiocy for All and the Rise of International Large Scale Educational Assessments

    Amy Marcetti Topper, Iveta Silova, Gustavo E. Fischman

    Almost any education-related topic seems to turn into an overheated debate, provoking very strong gut reactions and diminishing any hope for productive discussions that engage in careful analysis of contrasting perspectives and forms of evidence. This is certainly the case with International Large Scale Educational Assessments (ILSEAs), like PISA or...

    Idiocy for All and the Rise of International Large Scale Educational Assessments
  17. Trade union rights are human rights 9 August 2017

    Do not turn teachers into spies!

    Recently the European Bangladesh Forum invited me to participate in a debate on violent extremism. At stake was the question: How to prevent violent extremism?

    Do not turn teachers into spies!
  18. Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 August 2017

    The private advantage that isn’t: School costs and student achievement in Australia

    By Chris Bonnor Whenever Australian educators go overseas they are often asked how we provide and fund schools in the antipodes. It's hard to explain because it is complicated and at odds with practice elsewhere. It is a story about the failure of policy, supported by mounting evidence that our...

    The private advantage that isn’t: School costs and student achievement in Australia