In the Media
Europe’s refugee scandal (Project Syndicate)
Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images From the article: Long-term educational and employment needs have historically been severely undervalued in humanitarian planning. But, as much as refugees need proper food, shelter, and health care today, they also need the knowledge...
Why 3 million South Asian kids are not in schools (The Times of India)
From the article: South Asia is failing our children and we are part of a global learning crisis. Throughout the region, 3 crore children are not in school. Less than 30% of our children have access to quality early childhood education, and when they leave school,...
Education saved my life (Project Syndicate)
From the article: NEW YORK – My family was murdered before I could tie my shoes. As a young boy in Sierra Leone, years that should have been playful and carefree were spent fighting in someone else’s war. For me, childhood was a nightmare; escape always seemed...
The asset we cannot afford to neglect (Project Syndicate)
From the article: Improving education outcomes will demand national-level reforms underpinned by a relentless focus on quality, equity, and results. But, at a time of fiscal austerity in donor countries, the International Finance Facility for Education’s promise...
How to pay for Africa’s education gains (Project Syndicate)
From the article: JOHANNESBURG – Africa is in the midst of an education crisis. Despite pledges to improve access to education for all children by 2030, many African governments are failing to fund this ambitious component of the UN Sustainable Development Goals...
The former education minister of one of the world’s smartest countries explains the role of AI in schools (Quartz)
From the article: South Korean students perform well on international tests. But like students all over the world, they are less and less engaged with school. They just don’t like it. “You measure the activity of brain when they are in the the classroom and it’s not...
By 2030 half of the world’s young people will not have the skills required to get a job (La Nacion)
In an interview with one of Argentina’s leading newspapers La Nacion, Commission Director Justin van Fleet speaks about the risk of having up to 825 million young people, by 2030, without the skills required to get a job. All countries face growing and rapidly...
$10 billion campaign launched to educate every child by 2030 (NYT)
From the article: UNITED NATIONS — A campaign to raise $10 billion to ensure that every child gets a secondary school education by 2030 received support Friday from the U.N. chief, global and regional banks, and 11.5 million young people who are calling for the...