Simona Popa

@simo_popa

Researcher & editor , . alumna.

Geneva, Switzerland
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Joined December 2016
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  1. Jul 13

    Almond-shaped eyes, lively or heavy-lidded, but always starring at you.

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  2. Jun 23

    'I feel mysteriously happy in Geneva', Borges once said. 'Of all the cities on this planet, of all the diverse and intimate places which a man seeks out and merits in the course of his voyages, Geneva strikes me as the most propitious for happiness'. Maybe a city like a library.

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  3. Jun 21

    The world is facing a learning crisis, with serious implications for human capital formation: students are in school but not learning. A new data set, measuring learning in 98% of the world’s population, to explain this emerging gap:

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  4. Jun 16

    A privilege to follow the one and only , whose passionate work on advancing the also highlights the catalytic role of education for human and . And when she follows you back, you feel your Twitter life is complete! 🤗

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  5. Jun 15

    Education underpins human and , but it’s woefully off track. How can we convey and amplify this critical message? We need someone to do for education what did for climate. A powerful call to action from

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    Jun 13

    underpins . Need faster progress on achieving quality . Discussing these issues at Advisory Board annual meeting which I chair . Check out 2019 report: , displacement & education

    Eiffel Tower from UNESCO
    Manos Antoninis, Director of UNESCO GEM 💎 Report
    Priya Joshi, Senior Researcher, GEM 💎
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  7. Jun 13

    Honored to participate in the Advisory Board meeting, representing Director , to learn about progress towards achieving the goals set ahead for the next 4 years, reflect on recent work, and advise on the choice of themes for the 2020 report.

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  8. Jun 3

    Hot off the press! Improving Early Literacy Outcomes, the latest book, addressing the global learning crisis head-on! Edited by and John P. Comings, and foregrounding the work of 40 scholars, most of them living in, and working on, developing countries.

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    May 25

    Empathy is crucial for advancing human civilization in my mind. It's the ability to perceive and feel the emotions of others. It's one of my biggest goals to further develop my empathy and encourage it in others. What is your goal as a human?

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  10. May 25

    Adios, . Thank you for the intellectual inspiration, the old and new friends, the serious academic work, the laughs, and the memories to last a lifetime. lives on.

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  11. May 24

    To change the world, we need to understand it and have a vision where we want to go. Professor Bob Arnove

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  12. May 24

    We need to revisit a more humanistic view of , institutions, orientations, & competences, contributing to social solidarity & sustainability. Bob Arnove's keynote address

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  13. May 23

    To be is necessarily to be in relation to others. Ubunto belief system, presented by N'Dri Assie-Lumumba

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  14. May 23

    Inclusion of values in the EFA would have enabled real . N'dri Assie-Lumumba , Presidential Address

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  15. May 22

    Engaged in achieving , we kind of lost fundamental questions about challenges and opportunities for the future. 's Futures of Education initiative uses the horizon of 2050 and beyond, to answer these questions. Sobhi Tawill

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  16. May 22

    Sobhi Tawill and presenting an exciting initiative of on the .

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  17. May 22

    Using activist pedagogy and intercultural competence concepts, Zehavit Gross teaches a conflict-resolution course for Palestinian and Jewish university students. At , she just presented this bold initiative.

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  18. May 20

    Superb panel celebrating the golden jubilee of partnership between & . Presenters repeatedly highlighted the crucial role of in supporting the WCCES and, more generally, fundamental research in comparative & international education. So proud to belong!

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  19. May 20

    The education of the future is one that enables and empowers everyone to become a self-benefiting agent. presenting framework of future competences

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  20. May 20

    must be holistic, shared, equitable, just, and sustainable. 's keynote address

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