06 Apr 2023
Promise Not Kept: Universal Primary Education for All Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
In this blogpost, Birger Fredriksen discusses a number of challenges that have constrained the implementation of universal primary education (UPE) in sub-Saharan... Read More
30 Mar 2023
[Part 1] The Preschool Entitlement, a Locally Adaptable Policy Instrument to Expand and Improve Preschool Education - Participation in preprimary education
A recent publication from RTI International highlights the slow expansion of preprimary education worldwide and proposes a concrete policy instrument to address... Read More
22 Mar 2023
A Critical Look at the “New Social Contract” for Education in UNESCO’s Faure and Futures of Education Reports
In this blogpost, Rita Locatelli relates the idea of the “social contract” that is central to UNESCO’s recently published report “Reimagining Our... Read More
16 Mar 2023
The Global Debate on Low Fee Private Schools (LFPS) and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)―Some Missing Links?
In this NORRAG Highlights, the first in a new series on Early Childhood Education, Taeko Okitsu and D. Brent Edwards Jr. share... Read More
09 Mar 2023
Educational Research and Democracy: In Search of a Linkage
In this NORRAG Highlight, Richard Sack comments on a recent article by Achille Mbembe about “the decline of democracy in Africa” and... Read More
28 Feb 2023
Per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan
In this NORRAG Highlights, Ali Ait Si Mhamed and Rita Kaša argue that the introduction of per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan creates... Read More
21 Feb 2023
The Privatization of Education: The Big Picture
In this NORRAG Highlights, based on a talk given on February 14, 2023 at the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) annual... Read More
14 Feb 2023
The Business of Development: The Institutional Rationales of Technology Corporations in Educational Development
In this NORRAG Highlights, Lara Patil, NORRAG Advisor, presents her research on the motivations and rationales of technology corporations in educational development.... Read More