The Artificial Intelligence Issue (News and Research 67)

  Breaking: China: World Bank to Help Improve Compulsory Education in Guangdong A $120 million loan has been approved to improve learning facilities and teaching quality in selected public primary and junior secondary schools in the less developed parts of China’s Guangdong Province. Read more More about the Project Partnering for Skills Development in EastContinue reading “The Artificial Intelligence Issue (News and Research 67)”

School Grants and School Policy (News and Research 66)

Introducing a Performance-Based School Grant in Jakarta  What Do We Know about Its Impact after Two Years?  Samer Al-Samarrai, Unika Shrestha, Amer Hasan, Nozomi Nakajima, Santoso Santoso, Wisnu Harto Adi Wijoy  This paper evaluates the early impact of introducing a performance component into Jakarta’s school grant program on learning outcomes. Using administrative data, it applies difference-in-differences andContinue reading “School Grants and School Policy (News and Research 66)”

Columbus, China and private schooling (News and Research 64)

So Long Columbus – Latin Americas Sticks to Its Roots and Celebrates Indigenous Resistance The IMF says the vast majority of the communities across the continent continue to suffer discrimination, violence and poverty. In the recent years, the world has seen massive protests against the commemoration of Christopher Columbus Day on October 9 with many nationsContinue reading “Columbus, China and private schooling (News and Research 64)”

World Development Report: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise (News and Research 62)

The World Development Report 2018 (WDR 2018)—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the timing is excellent: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth forContinue reading “World Development Report: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise (News and Research 62)”

Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and the Search for Solutions

From HuffPost Recently, Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau ‏used his United Nations General Assembly speech to highlight the socioeconomic challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in his country. He drew attention to inequalities in education, unemployment and the higher levels of poverty of indigenous peoples compared to the non-indigenous population.   Indigenous children in Canada are more than twice as likelyContinue reading “Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and the Search for Solutions”

Early Childhood Conference (News and Research 61)

Tonga at Pacific Early Childhood Conference  Addressing a way forward for early childhood education was the focus of the first Pacific Early Childhood Development Conference held on September 19-21 on Denarau Island, Nadi… Vicky Colbert, Laureate of the Yidan Prize for Educational Development Vicky Colbert, Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente (FEN), wasContinue reading “Early Childhood Conference (News and Research 61)”