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Broadband Commission deliberates building an inclusive post-COVID digital future
A year into the crucial Decade of Action intended to achieve 17 key Sustainable Development Goals, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in setbacks. In response, the commissioners of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development…
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GIS for Education Working Group launches to promote data-driven decision-making
Around the world, individuals are using maps to power everyday decisions: how do I navigate from my home to the nearest hospital? How many supermarkets are in my community? What public transportation is available for me to take to work?
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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of delivering for learning is greater than ever
How can delivery approaches support governments now and in the future? With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to create pressing challenges for education delivery and threatening to cut education sector budgets, understanding how governments can implement policies…
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The Roaring Twenties: Educating the COVID-19 generation
Education will largely determine whether the radical change of the 2020s will reduce or increase the current inequality of opportunity and wealth that characterizes the world today.
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Reflections on 2020 and hopes for 2021
Most of us were happy to see the end of 2020. It was challenging for all of us, and very difficult for some. They say the darkest hour sometimes comes just before the dawn. It is our hope that 2021 can indeed be the beginning of a new dawn, of new hope for the world and the education of our children.
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Innovative analysis for the education workforce: Sierra Leone research and policy papers
The Education Workforce Initiative (EWI), funded by UK Aid, partnered with Fab Inc. and Sierra Leone’s Teaching Service Commission (TSC) to support strengthening the education workforce. The research and analysis applied a systemic lens across the workforce lifecycle…
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A talk with the author: Change agents at the middle-tier of education systems
From Ontario (Canada) to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), there are untold stories behind many of the recent most impactful and sustainable education reforms. These include middle-tier professionals –school advisors, supervisors, pedagogical coaches, and teacher mentors – who are…
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Creating learning teams to #SaveOurFuture: The Girls’ Access to Education (GATE) program in Sierra Leone
The COVID-19 crisis has created extremely challenging circumstances for more than 63 million primary and secondary teachers globally due to massive and extended school closures and now reopenings. Teachers have been rapidly mobilizing and innovating to deliver distance learning…
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Commission Chair Gordon Brown launches High Touch High Tech for All global consortium at Global Leaders Forum
UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Commission Chair Gordon Brown delivered the keynote address for the 8th annual Global Leaders Forum 2020, an in-person and virtual gathering of international leaders and innovators hosted by TV Choson on November 16-17 in Seoul, Korea that attracted more than 3000 participants.
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Key lessons on effective leadership during COVID-19 and beyond
Leadership at every level – from school leaders to district offices to ministries of education – is a critical part of education systems, and never more so than in the current context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The waves of school closures and reopenings around the world have clearly demonstrated how important good…
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