A New Agenda for Education in Fragile States

A New Agenda for Education in Fragile States Brookings Institution Center for Universal Education This report provides a broad review of the field of education in fragile states and charts a new agenda for maximizing education’s contribution to the development and well-being of people living in these contexts. Highlights of the report include: Education can

Study: Bringing Education to Afghan Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Village-Based Schools

From INEE newsletter Study: Bringing Education to Afghan Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Village-Based Schools By Dana Burde and Leigh L. Linden We conducted a randomized evaluation of the effect of village-based schools on children’s academic performance using a sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increased

Policy Paper: Teachers for All: Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities

  Policy Paper: Teachers for All: Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities By Ingrid Lewis and Sunit Bagree  Globally we need more well-trained and motivated teachers. Good teachers can help ensure that every child learns to their full potential from an early age and enters adult life well-equipped to be active citizens and support the development

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – 9th August 2013

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. This Friday, August 9, is the United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The day has been celebrated every year since 1994, and this year’s theme is “Indigenous People Building Alliances: Honoring Treaties, Agreements, and Other Constructive Arrangements.” As the United Nations says, “the theme aims