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Sustainable Development Data Digest: Laying the Foundation to Measure Sustainable Development Goal 4

Charting a Course to Monitor the Education 2030 Agenda

Can the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) really change the world for the better in just 15 years? One thing’s for sure: we’ll never know without good data. SDG 4 – Education 2030...
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10/08/2016
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Out-of-school children and youth infographic

Missing From School: The Education Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa

With the Eurozone in turmoil and sluggish economic growth in the US and elsewhere, investors may well see sub-Saharan Africa – still one of the fastest growing regional economies on earth – as the...
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20/07/2016
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UNESCO eAtlas for Education 2030

The eAtlas for Education 2030 – Global and Thematic Indicators at your Fingertips

Our recent blogs have focused on the difficulties of trying to gather robust and internationally-comparable data on education, with policymakers, researchers and citizens struggling to make sense of...
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18/07/2016
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We Have a Heavy Workload: 263 Million Children and Youth are Out of School

We have known for years that there are far too many primary-age children out of school: the stagnating numbers have been there for all to see. Far less has been known about the numbers of secondary-...
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15/07/2016
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People’s Action for Learning Network

People’s Action for Learning Network: What a Difference a Year Makes

What a difference a year makes. Last week in Nairobi, when we woke to find a grey blanket of fog wrapped around our conference centre, it was hard to believe that only a year ago, the founding...
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13/07/2016
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Why Equity and Inclusiveness are so Important for the SDG Indicators

The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is not only about quality education – it is about inclusion and equity. These two words define the very substance of the quality education that we want...
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29/06/2016
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Understanding What Works in Oral Reading Assessments

When assessing whether children can read, we should remember why reading is so critical, and why we should be concerned when children miss out on this critical skill. Everyone reading this blog had a...
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20/06/2016
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Good News, Bad News, and the Need for Comparable Education Data

Here’s the good news: in the past 15 years, more children than ever have enrolled in primary school, thanks to a massive global effort to get them into the classroom. And here’s the bad news:...
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09/06/2016
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