The Education Equity Research Initiative

  Website: The Education Equity Research Initiative Save the Children & FHI 360    The Education Equity Research Initiative’s website is now live! The Education Equity Research Initiative aims to advance the field of global education towards equity-oriented education policy and programming. It will do so by creating a vibrant network and strong coalition of

School violence and bullying

It was in the ’70s that I joined STOPP -the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP)  which was set up in the U.K. in 1968 to campaign for the abolition of corporal punishment in UK schools.STOPP was a very small pressure group that lobbied government, local authorities and other official institutions. It also

Teaching gender issues to teachers

Last week the French supreme council for gender equality published a report on the imperative to keep mainstreaming gender equality issues in teacher preparation programs and to make knowledge and skills in these areas required for teacher graduation. “Making teachers and education the drivers of learning and equality” the report is called. “School presents an […]

Early learning in Ethiopia

By Jack Rossiter, Young Lives, Ethiopia The potential of O-Class in Ethiopia In 2017, the research study I work for, Young Lives, released its first early learning publication: Scaling up Early Learning in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of O-Class [O-Class is a one-year pre-primary program, delivered by primary schools, organized for children before they enter […]