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Education at UNGA 2019
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) focused on the “Decade of Action for Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” With only 10 years until the 2030 deadline and 260 million children still out of school, a decade of action is truly needed...
Rethinking the Education Workforce
The following blog is from the Foreword of the Education Commission’s new report: Transforming the Education Workforce: Learning Teams for a Learning Generation. We live in an age of unprecedented change and disruption. In some places, cars drive themselves,...
Promises, promises – and the true promise of the garden of education
When my kids were born, I moved to the suburbs. Along with that came a very grown up accessory: my very own garden to tend. ‘Garden’ was really stretching reality. It was more like an expanse of dry, barren, unloved earth. So I turned to a local gardener. “Don’t...
Delivering results: The Commission & progress towards SDG 4
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity has inspired action and delivered results on the promise of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
April 12, 2019 | World leaders support establishment of one of the largest investments in global education
Recognizing the urgent need to tackle the learning crisis, world leaders expressed strong support for the establishment of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) at the World Bank spring meeting this year. The IFFEd proposal has the potential to be a...
Combining high-touch and high-tech to personalize learning for every child
photo: STARS/Kristian Buus From the article: “The Education Commission Learning Generation report delivered a stark warning: if nothing changes, by 2030, 825 million young people – roughly half of the young generation today – would reach adulthood without the...About the Commission
The Education Commission is a major global initiative engaging world leaders, policymakers, and researchers to develop a renewed and compelling investment case and financing pathway for achieving equal educational opportunity for children and young people.