News and Updates
Getting teenage mothers back to school
The story of a young Zambian girl inspires Youth Panelist Hellen Griberg to make the case for education as a good investment for teenage mothers
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An earthquake in education funding, by Justin W. van Fleet
Education Commission Director Justin W. van Fleet makes the case for education in emergencies financing and looks ahead to the World Humanitarian Summit later this month where a visionary EiE fund will be announced
read moreFormer British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on education issues
Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown sat down with CCTV to discuss why “Education is, in a sense, the key to everything else that we are trying to do to relieve poverty, to deal with health inequalities, to tackle the environment and to build stronger economies.”
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The future of online education is here, by Anant Agarwal
Commissioner Anant Agarwal identifies five advancements critical to making online learning more valuable and available to global learners
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How small scale solutions really make a difference
African Educational Trust’s Lynn Davies on education in emergencies and the need to interrupt the “relentless cycles of conflict”
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Commissioner Teopista Birungi Mayanja receives Ugandan high honor
Presented by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, she received the Order of the Golden Jubilee Medal.
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Participate in a consultation
The window of opportunity to participate in an Education Commission Consultation is open until May 15. Participate now!
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The role of education in transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Youth Panelist Shizuka Nishimura tells us why it is important to increase stakeholder participation in realizing SDG goals
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Aftermath of Nepal earthquake has become a man-made fiasco, by Gordon Brown
The Nepal earthquake is one more reminder of why the world needs an education in emergencies fund
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Starting a financing movement: the Education Commission at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
As part of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, the Education Commission hosted a series of events designed to engage global leaders and harness the week’s momentum to generate new solutions to financing education.
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