19 Sep 2013
Business, As Usual, Distorts Education (Part II)
By Steven Klees, University of Maryland. In Part I, I argued that neoliberalism’s narrow focus on business and the market system... Read More
16 Sep 2013
The Right to Education in Situations of Conflict-Affected and Fragile States – a Post-2015 Priority?
By Mieke Lopes Cardozo & Ritesh Shah, University of Amsterdam & University of Auckland. A strong message On her sixteenth birthday on... Read More
10 Sep 2013
Post-1990; Post-2000; Post-2015 – Education and Skills – North & South
By Kenneth King, NORRAG. The 12th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development opens today covering the topic of education and... Read More
09 Sep 2013
Education Aid and the “Transformative Shifts” Called for by the Post-2015 Agenda
By Birger Fredriksen, Consultant, formerly World Bank. The report of the High-level Panel (HLP) on the Post-2015 Development Agenda concludes that this... Read More
04 Sep 2013
Lifelong Learning in a Learning Society – Making it Happen by Building Partnerships
By Manzoor Ahmed, BRAC University. An old idea highlighted by the Faure Commission in the 1970s, has gained new relevance in... Read More
02 Sep 2013
Is the Proposed Post-2015 Skills Target Unmeasurable?
By Trey Menefee, University of Hong Kong. On the one hand, the skills community should be delighted that the Post-2015 High Level... Read More
23 Aug 2013
Education, Knowledge and Evidence in the Post-2015 High-Level Panel Report: Utopian, Poetic or Technocratic? All Three! (Part 3)
[read part 1 and part 2 of this blog post here] PART III: Data for whom and by whom: a technocratic revolution?... Read More
22 Aug 2013
Education, Knowledge and Evidence in the Post-2015 High-Level Panel Report: Utopian, Poetic or Technocratic? All Three! (Part 2)
[read part 1 of this blog post here] PART II: Education and Training: on the change curve or the mainstream one?... Read More
21 Aug 2013
Education, Knowledge and Evidence in the Post-2015 High-Level Panel Report: Utopian, Poetic or Technocratic? All Three! (Part 1)
PART I: From Utopia and Poesy to Reality By Michel Carton, NORRAG. [note: all page numbers refer to pages in the HLP... Read More
19 Aug 2013
Ban Ki-moon, Post-2015 and Education. Can you fix it? Yes we can!
By NORRAG. The long expected MDG/post-2015 report of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has now... Read More