In the Media
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...
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...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown on combating global illiteracy (Bloomberg – video)
Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown discusses his funding plan to combat global illiteracy with Bloomberg’s Shery Ahn on “Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power.” Watch the video...
Gordon Brown launches global funding plan for schools (BBC)
From the article: Gordon Brown is launching a $10bn (£7.4bn) scheme to widen access to education in some of the world’s poorest countries. The UN global education envoy and ex-UK prime minister wants donor countries to act as guarantors on low-cost lending for...
Educating the Commonwealth (Project Syndicate)
From the article: DAR ES SALAAM/LAGOS – With 53 member countries and 2.4 billion people, the Commonwealth is a powerful force for positive change. For nearly seven decades, Commonwealth states have been global leaders on trade, female empowerment, natural-resource...