29 Jul 2013
Chalkboards and Cheeseboards – Resisting the Workplace’s Colonisation of the Schoolroom
By Mike Douse, freelance education advisor. Many contributors to the post-MDG debate appear to take it as a glorious given that... Read More
23 Jul 2013
More Effective Education Aid: The Challenge of Achieving More Evidence-based Aid Allocation
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development. From efficient to effective aid allocation The post-Dakar Education for All (EFA) decade saw much focus... Read More
18 Jul 2013
Whither Post-2015? A Critique of the Post-2015 High Level Panel’s Education and Economic Goals
By Steven Klees, University of Maryland. The High Level Panel (HLP), appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, released its highly awaited... Read More
15 Jul 2013
The Red Threads of China’s Education and Training Cooperation with Africa
By Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh and NORRAG. China has an increasing role as an education collaborator with Africa, and this... Read More
09 Jul 2013
Acronym Stew: Why Some New Ingredients in International Development are Best Left Uncombined
By Ruth Naylor, CfBT Education Trust. Popular ingredients and methods in international development come in and out of fashion, just as... Read More
05 Jul 2013
Education Post-2015: Where are we going? How are we getting there?
By Kenneth King and Robert Palmer. Twenty two years ago NORRAG attempted (see NN7 and NN8) a policy history of how... Read More
24 Jun 2013
What's Wrong With Low-Cost Private Schools for the Poor?
By Steven Klees, University of Maryland. Right now, there is considerable attention being focused on a growing phenomenon in a number of... Read More
19 Jun 2013
Educating the Poor: Social Entrepreneur Style
By Karina Veal, Asian Development Bank. In common with the best international schools, Year 10 students at the school established in... Read More
17 Jun 2013
Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Open Working Group Discussion Today - 17th June
By Karen Mundy, University of Toronto and CIES. The intergovernmental Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) called for in... Read More
11 Jun 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda: the Devil will be in the Details
By Alexandra Draxler, former UNESCO education specialist. The proposals of the High-Level Panel on Post-2015 are now on the table in... Read More