In the Media
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...
The New Global Youth Movement (Project Syndicate)
From the article: LONDON – The recent March for Our Lives in the United States inspired millions not just across America, but also around the world. Until the nationwide demonstrations on March 24, most people thought that little new could be added to the conversation...
Latin American finance leaders have the power to transform education (Clarin)
This opinion editorial was written by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón and originally appeared in Spanish in Clarín. This week, finance leaders from across Latin America gathered in Mendoza for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IADB) annual board...
Could schools take a cue from the health force? (DevEx)
From the article: DUBAI — The Education Commission and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development have launched a new partnership designed to rethink the “education workforce” in developing countries in order to address the “learning crisis” and the...
Invest in education to turn African girls into superheroes (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
From the article: I want to raise our African girls to reach for the stars Imagine a peaceful African country with unparalleled technological sophistication, a diverse and educated population, and strong, brilliant women in positions of power. This is the utopian...
Building a shared future in a fractured world starts with education and health (DevEx)
From the article: It’s that week again. When the world’s corporate and political leaders gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum. This year, the theme “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” captures a vital and challenging task. We only have one planet,...
We face a catastrophic learning crisis around the world – but we can fix it (Huffington Post)
From the article: Between 2001 and 2016, the number of children in school around the world rose by 243 million, or approximately 20 percent. This is fantastic news. Tens of millions of more children today have access to a basic education and many of these are learning...
Universal Education’s Moment of Truth (Project Syndicate)
From the article: LONDON – For nearly seven decades of a tumultuous century, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has served as a beacon of hope worldwide. But some of its finely crafted provisions have come back to haunt us in the form of some shocking new...