An unprecedented global coalition of organizations called for urgent investment in education today to prevent a generational catastrophe. Launching a joint white paper at the Global Edu- cation Meeting hosted by UNESCO, the Save Our Future campaign – a movement of the biggest education…
Oct 21, 2020 | Updates
Commission Director Liesbet Steer and Commissioner Ju-Ho Lee spoke with Chief Learning Officer at IE University Nick Van Dam about the #SaveOurFuture campaign, the need to rethink the education workforce, and the opportunity to harness technology to personalize learning during the enlightED Virtual Edition 2020 conference…
Oct 15, 2020 | Updates
Over the past year, the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI) has collaborated with Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Vietnam to catalyze new thinking to address each country’s specific education workforce challenges and propose concrete options for reform drawing on the evidence and visions outlined in the Transforming the Education Workforce…
Jun 29, 2020 | Updates
It’s a real pleasure to speak to the WISE conference – to thank the Salzburg Global Seminar and WISE, particularly Sheikha Moza for organizing this, and to say that I thought that the initial remarks that we had from Asmaa and from Stavros were inspirational…
Apr 29, 2020 | Updates
The COVID-19 crisis is forcing education decision-makers to address urgent implementation challenges rapidly and leverage their systems in new ways. In some cases, this means quickly identifying the most effective solutions for…
Apr 24, 2020 | Updates
As of April 24, 2020, schools in over 190 countries around the world have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting over 91 percent of enrolled learners and 63 million teachers worldwide. Although schools are closed, learning must not stop. The world’s teachers...
Mar 31, 2020
About Us COVID-19 response from Commission Chair Gordon Brown As the COVID-19 pandemic closes schools and universities around the world, the Education Commission stands with the 1.5 billion children and youth whose learning has been disrupted and the 63 million...
Jan 24, 2020 | Updates
There is no better investment in our future than education. In today’s global economy and society, investments in human capital are essential and smart. Quality education is absolutely vital to lift people out of poverty, ensure healthier families, unlock job...
Oct 2, 2019 | Updates
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) focused on the “Decade of Action for Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” With only 10 years until the 2030 deadline and 260 million children still out of school, a decade of action is truly needed...
Sep 30, 2019 | Press Releases
The International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) launches an unprecedented international effort to mobilize $5 billion of new financing for education and accelerate progress towards SDG 4: the provision of inclusive and equitable quality education and...