29 Feb 2024
Reflections on What we Have Learned Since Completing the UNESCO Study on How to Improve the Use of Evidence in Education
NORRAG was commissioned by the UNESCO Education 2030 Section to provide research and recommendations on how to improve the use of evidence... Read More
22 Feb 2024
Let’s Drop the “Driver’s Seat” Mindset in International Aid
This text by Jean-Marc Bernard marks the launch of a three blogpost miniseries within a new NORRAG blog series on “Financing Education”.... Read More
15 Feb 2024
The OECD’s netFWD: A New Policy Network in Global Education Governance Towards “New Philanthropy”
In this blogpost, Sofia Viseu critically discusses the OECD’s netFWD, a transnational network of global philanthropic policy actors pursuing “new philanthropy” reasoning... Read More
08 Feb 2024
Pathways of World Bank Influence in Policy Formation in Education
In this blogpost, D. Brent Edwards Jr., Alejandro Caravaca, Annie Rappeport and Vanessa Sperduti summarize 11 “pathways” of World Bank influence on... Read More
01 Feb 2024
Foundational Learning Futures
On the occasion of the launch of NORRAG’s special issue (NSI 09) on “Foundational Learning: Debates and Praxes”, Hugh McLean reflects on... Read More
01 Feb 2024
The Growth of National Assessments Alongside Bigdata EMIS Initiatives
In this blogpost, Mobarak Hossain addresses the relationship between large-scale data collection in education through the Education Management Information System (EMIS) and... Read More
25 Jan 2024
Education Global Governance and Technology Corporations: Inherent Conflicts and Potential Safeguards for a New Social Contract
In this blogpost, crossposted with UNESCO’s IdeasLAB blog, Lara Patil argues that inherent conflicts between the objectives of the technology industry, the effects... Read More
18 Jan 2024
Primary School Girls’ Drop Out in Pakistan: A Diagnosis of Root Causes and Policy Alternatives
In this cross-posted blogpost, originally published by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report here, Aisha Naz Ansari and Sajid Ali discuss factors contributing to... Read More
16 Jan 2024
Transforming Education: Leaders Should Invest in Gender Equality, Not Just Parity
In this blogpost, Antara Ganguli, Martha Muhwezi and Anna Murru make the case for gender-transformative education as a catalyst for societal change.... Read More
11 Jan 2024
Not Child’s Play: Protecting Children’s Data in Humanitarian AI Ecosystems
In this cross-posted blogpost, initially published by Humanitarian Law and Policy, Roxana Radu and Eugenia Olliaro argue that artificial intelligence (AI) might be as much... Read More