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Opinion 7 June 2016 Shadow education: How does private tutoring affect the lives of teachers?Shadow education: How does private tutoring affect the lives of teachers?
Mark Bray
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Opinion 1 June 2016 Who Needs ‘Really Good Friends’ When This is What They Are Up To? Trading Away Education as a Human and Political Right!Who Needs ‘Really Good Friends’ When This is What They Are Up To? Trading Away Education as a Human and Political Right!
Susan Robertson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 May 2016 England rushes forward with school privatisation agenda – but outcomes far from certain
By Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham, UK Earlier this year the UK government published its plans for school reform in England in a White Paper – Educational Excellence Everywhere (DfE, 2016). Within the UK education policy is a matter for individual nations and so policy paths differ significantly across England,...
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Opinion 30 May 2016 Rise of the Radical RightRise of the Radical Right
Damon A. Silvers
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 May 2016 When myths of education become reality
By Stephen Dinham, University of Melbourne, Australia. Just over 20 years ago David Berliner and Bruce Biddle published The Manufactured Crisis - Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools. In this they cited the ‘sweeping claims attacking the conduct and achievement of America’s public schools - claims that...
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Opinion 12 May 2016 The simplimetrification of educational researchThe simplimetrification of educational research
Gustavo E. Fischman
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 May 2016 The Panama Papers, Public Education and Democracy
By Susan Robertson, University of Bristol
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Opinion 29 April 2016 Pearson: the socially responsible edu-business?Pearson: the socially responsible edu-business?
Anna Hogan
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 April 2016 The European Union in crisis: Is public education the answer?
By Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham, UK The events of the last few days highlight the huge problems now faced in the European Union. The UK has voted to withdraw from membership and this has triggered demands for similar referenda in France, Italy and Holland. Only time will tell if...
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Opinion 26 April 2016 Public-Private Partnerships that Work – Paying TaxesPublic-Private Partnerships that Work – Paying Taxes
Fred van Leeuwen
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 April 2016 The globalisation of education privatisation: International trends, multiple paths
by Antoni Verger, Clara Fontdevila and Adrián Zancajo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Education privatisation has become an important topic in the global education agenda, and generates contentious debates between a broad range of education stakeholders. In the last decades, pro-privatisation reforms are advancing all over the world in countries both...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 April 2016 The rise of the global education industry: Some concepts, facts and figures
By Antoni Verger, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona While the privatisation of education is not a new phenomenon, the increasingly prominent role of profit-oriented private organizations in education across the globe is more recent. Now, more than ever before, a broader range of educational services are produced, exchanged and consumed on...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 April 2016 Liberia: teachers school minister on dangers of privatisation
By Samuel Johnson, Secretary General of the National Teachers Association of Liberia His Excellency Honorable Education Minister George Werner in his “Partnership Schools forLiberia: Building a Better Future for our Children ” attempts to make the case that outsourcing the education system of Liberia to private actors will produce better...
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Opinion 15 April 2016 Unmaking the market-maker: Pearson in the global-SouthUnmaking the market-maker: Pearson in the global-South
Curtis B. Riep
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 April 2016 The challenges of education reform and privatisation in Liberia
By David Archer, Action Aid There are some major challenges in access, quality and equity in the Liberian education system – but is privatisation the right solution? Of the total population, 47% of Liberia have received no education and over 18% of primary aged children today are not enrolled in...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 April 2016 Unmaking the market-maker: Pearson in the global-South
Curtis Riep, University of Alberta
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Opinion 6 April 2016 Do as you say, or say as you do? The World Bank's doublespeak on teachersDo as you say, or say as you do? The World Bank's doublespeak on teachers
Clara Fontdevila
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 April 2016 Philanthropy, business and the changing roles of government
Antoni Verger
Philanthropy, business and the changing roles of government
Philanthropy, business and the changing roles of government