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Par Sylvain Marois, Vice-président regroupement université, Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN) Il serait facile, voire plus simple, de baisser les bras et d’abandonner face à la montée du fondamentalisme managérial, que de combattre cette tendance qui s’incruste de plus en plus profondément dans tous les secteurs...

By Anna Hogan and Steven Lewis Education is increasingly positioned as a problem in need of fixing. And, with the rise of new governance trends, and associated demands for increased accountability and transparency in public policymaking, the solutions to these problems must now be informed by ‘evidence’.

Por Antoni Verger, Mauro Moschetti and Clara Fontdevila América Latina es la región del planeta en la que la privatización educativa ha avanzado de forma más pronunciada y constante en las últimas décadas. La región destaca no sólo por tener la tasa de escolarización primaria privada más elevada del mundo,...

By Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary, EI The war in Syria has been on the front pages of newspapers for six years now. We have witnessed the plight of those who flee, the long winters in refugee camp tents. But little is said about the fate of refugee children when...

By Susan L. Robertson, University of Cambridge It is not often a US-based private education contractor for the delivery of services gets asked to appear as a witness to give evidence to a UK Government International Development Committee hearing in the House of Commons, London.

By Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham Low-fee for-profit schools have become increasingly common in many parts of the developing world. Now one of the figures most closely associated with the growth of this movement, Professor James Tooley, is bringing the idea back home. He is currently seeking government approval to...

The long read: By Carol Anne Spreen (with assistance from Carrie Anne Coleman), New York University Last month nearly 1000 educators, politicians, academics and union representatives gathered in Toluca, Mexico to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the right to education enshrined in Mexico’s Constitution. Despite this recognition, the right to...

On the occasion of GESF , Angelo Gavrielatos reminds us of our responsibility to provide free quality education for all children. Follow @AGavrielatos  to stay infomed on the debate,"This House Would Ban Low-Cost Private Schools in the Developing World" happening at 11.30 (UTC+4), 18/3/17. By Angelo Gavrielatos, Education International

By Jim Baker, Education International Labour

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By Jim Baker, Education International Adam Smith and generations of free market, liberal, or classical economists who followed him saw the market as an efficient, workable way for the economy to function. It was based on self-interest. Smith argued, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer,...

By Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg The Economist’s recent editorial on South Africa’s schooling system recycles tired arguments but more insidiously, its shallow causal narrative feeds into proposals for the privatisation of education. In essence, it is a classic bait-and-switch maneuver applied to schooling.

By Jim Baker, Education International In 1987, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying: “—There is no such thing as society.”

By Jim Baker, Education International In 1987, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying: “—There is no such thing as society.”

By Angelo Gavrielatos, Education International  At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a side event featured a debate on the future of the teaching profession. The topic was: The teacher of the future: robots vs. humans. EI’s response delivered by Angelo Gavrielatos.

By Angelo Gavrielatos, Education International  At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a side event featured a debate on the future of the teaching profession. The topic was: The teacher of the future: robots vs. humans. EI’s response delivered by Angelo Gavrielatos.

By Sam Sellar, Manchester Metropolitan University While 2016 was a tumultuous year in global politics, it also came with a number of surprises in the world of technology. Google’s AlphaGo triumphed over professional Go player, Lee Sedol, signaling a major advance in the development of artificial intelligence. Facebook found itself...

By Sam Sellar, Manchester Metropolitan University While 2016 was a tumultuous year in global politics, it also came with a number of surprises in the world of technology. Google’s AlphaGo triumphed over professional Go player, Lee Sedol, signaling a major advance in the development of artificial intelligence. Facebook found itself...