08 Aug 2013
Innovative Financing in Education: Is it Over Before it Began? No, We just need to Pivot our thinking
By Nicholas Burnett, Results for Development Institute. Starting in 2010, it seemed as if innovative financing was about to make its... Read More
05 Aug 2013
Much Ado about Low-Fee Private Schools
By Modupe Adefeso-Olateju, Education Partnership Center, Nigeria. I recently visited an educational establishment in Lagos to conduct some research. For ease... 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
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
03 Jun 2013
Skills, Work and Development: Initial Reactions to the High Level Panel’s Post-2015 Vision
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. My overall sense of the HLP proposals is a positive one, notwithstanding my wider scepticism about... Read More
31 May 2013
Thank Goodness! Education has Made it to the Finishing Line in the Global Post-2015 High Level Panel Olympics
By Kenneth King, NORRAG and University of Edinburgh. Relief all round!! The report of the High Level Panel (HLP) on... Read More