Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs
Can a tech-start up successfully educate children in the developing world?
Recipe for Success: What State Lawmakers Need to Know About K–12 Accountability Assessments
The Conversation: South Africa’s public-private school plans require healthy scepticism
Norrag: As Liberia privatises its schools, an unforeseen result: hungry students
Uganda: Pupils, Parents Arrested Over Absenteeism
Uganda: Are Private Schools Meeting Educational Needs?
Laos: Going beyond basic indicators: A new tool to measure education service delivery
International organizations and the crisis of legitimacy
New Mexico Lawsuit Puts State Education System on Trial
Namibia: Private Colleges Urged to Work With Govt OHANGWENA education director Isak Hamatwi has called on private education providers and schools to join government in ensuring the roll- out of quality education
Uganda: Government in Shs53 Billion Student Registration Exercise Primary Education State Minister Rosemary Ssenninde (NRM, Wakiso) has announced government’s move to register all pupils across the country, in a move she said will weed out ghosts.
Malawi: Education Minister Says Govt to Close Down ‘Substandard’ Schools: Minister of Education Science and Technology Dr. Emanuel Fabiano has warned that all operators of Primary, Secondary schools and institutions of higher learning will not hesitate to close them down if they do not meet the required set standards
Is cheating a norm in Ethiopia? Following up on Ethiopia’s exam awkwardness:
Kenya: State to Take Over School Feeding Scheme From January The government will take charge of school feeding programmes from January. Read more »
Vietnam urges for more autonomy for schools
Is Test-Based Accountability Dead?
Positive, Not Punitive, Classroom Management Tips. In many cases, positive classroom management strategies last longer and foster deeper learning than punitive discpline.
Is more choice always a good thing? by Andreas Schleicher
Perú | Evaluación de desempeño docente: 6,000 maestros de inicial serán examinados este año
Colombia: el país donde la educación no es un derecho
Colombia | ¿Cómo se evalúa a los maestros? El año pasado cambió la evaluación docente. Semana Educación le explica en qué consiste el nuevo sistema y hace un balance.
Argentina | Iniciativa plural para monitorear el estado de la educación
Bridge opens fourteen new schools in Nigeria and joins new partnership with government
How technology can boost government accountability in the developing world
Argentina | Un equipo del Ministerio de Educación viaja a Santa Cruz para buscar una solución al conflicto docente http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201705/190004-un-equipo-del-ministerio-de-educacion-viaja-a-santa-cruz-para-buscar-una-solucion-al-conflicto-docente.html
Concepción: 13 mil jóvenes de la Región estudian en instituciones no acreditadas http://www.diarioconcepcion.cl/?q=node/17161
Brasil | Novo protagonismo estudantil https://www.uol/educacao/especiais/o-novo-protagonismo-estudantil.htm#novo-protagonismo-estudantil
Colombia | ¿Por qué el derecho a la educación puede primar sobre otros derechos? http://www.bluradio.com/judicial/por-que-el-derecho-la-educacion-puede-primar-sobre-otros-derechos-141705
Guatemala | Miles de niños abandonan la escuela. En lo que va del año, 13 mil menores de edad abandonaron sus estudios por diferentes causas, entre ellas trabajo, especialmente en la provincia, según cifras oficiales.http://www.prensalibre.com/ciudades/guatemala/desercion-escolar-miles-de-nios-abandonan-la-escuela
Uganda: Govt Threatens Action As Schools Increase Fees For some parents, the second term will start in one week’s time with the added pain of paying extra for tuition. However, as MOSES TALEMWA reports, there is the added threat of action for the affected schools from the education ministry
Panamá | La marcha por la calidad de la educación http://www.prensa.com/opinion/marcha-calidad-educacion_0_4759774139.html
Argentina | Docentes y estudiantes argentinos realizaron marcha federal en defensa de la universidad pública http://www.lr21.com.uy/mundo/1331745-argentina-marcha-federal-educacion-publica-universidad-ciencia
Colombia | Más de 60.000 maestros marcharán en Bogotá http://www.eltiempo.com/vida/educacion/fecode-convoca-a-paro-de-maestros-en-bogota-88408
Tanzania: Bonus to Teachers Improve Learning – Twaweza
Recent study has shown that bonus paid on top of teachers’ salaries can help improve learning outcomes
Nigeria: Federal Secondary Education Commission The federal government recently announced plans to establish a National Commission for Secondary Education in what it said is a strategic move to regulate and reposition secondary education in Nigeria. Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu disclosed this in Abuja on Monday last week when he received students of Nigeria Tulip International College, NTIC. The minister was elated that NTIC’s students had won 48 awards for Nigeria in mathematics, geometry and robotics at various international competitions
South Africa: Limpopo Parents Threaten School Shutdown Over Classroom Shortage. Parents of children at a high school near Polokwane have threatened to shut down schools in the Sekhukhune district unless the Limpopo education department builds more classrooms to end serious overcrowding
Kenya: Government Told to Release Free Education Funds
International student table 2017: top 200 universities
ActionAid: How governments are failing on the right to education=
Hong Kong educators call for parents to give revised TSA a chance amid ‘reduced’ drilling
Uganda: Teachers to Sign Commitment Letters In a bid to improve the declining education standards in Luuka, primary school teachers in the district will be compelled to sign a commitment agreement, senior district officials have said.
TEACHRights: Low cost private schools: School choice for the poor at the expense of quality?
South Africa: Man Hauls Six Schools to Court Over Religious Teachings in State School A Stellenbosch man is taking six schools to court over how far the institutions can go with teaching religion at state schools.
RESULTS Educational Funds: From free to fee – Are for-profit, fee-charging, private schools the solution for the world’s poor?
SchoolFunding.info: Michigan education groups file suit to block private school funding
Secretario General: Cuestión del ejercicio efectivo, en todos los países, de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales
UK overseas aid budget fraud levels do not seem credible, watchdog says
Democracy campaigner: governments are scared of the participation revolution
Uganda: Presidential Pledges to Education Sector Hit Shs 100 Billion
Liberia: Lack of Teachers Crippling Public Schools
USA: Day care licensing bill passes Alabama House
South Africa: The No-Fee School Where Parents Were Forced to Pay Fees
Uganda: Bridge Schools Submit 28 Academies for Licensing
Right to Education Index 2016 Data Now Live
Nigeria: Tambuwal Lauds Assembly for Passing Right to Education Law
Argentina | Por la confrontación política, se frena el debate de leyes sobre corrupción y educación
Ecuador: Maestros ecuatorianos obtuvieron 15 millones de horas en capacitaciones en el último período
Argentina | Preocupante: los docentes argentinos lideran un ranking global de ausentismo
Bermuda | Community brainstorms education solutions
México | Evaluación docente concluirá en 2027: INEE
Kenyan TSC introduces online appraisals
USA: Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability
India: 7 yrs on, RTI law yet be implemented in true spirit.
UK government under fire for failure to regulate aid contractors
UK: British support for Africa down as fears rise over transparency of aid spending
Belgium: La ligue des droits de l’enfant refuse la marchandisation de l’école
From Free to Fee – Are For-Profit, Fee-Charging, Private Schools the solution for the world’s poor?
India: Low Cost Private Schools: School choice for the poor at the expense of quality?
France commits to act against commercialisation of education in international cooperation
Kenya: Teacher Union Official ‘Wants School Scandal Covered Up’
World Bank: What happens when you start with the results in mind?
Afghanistan: Violence, corruption threaten Afghan progress in getting kids to school
Pakistan: ‘No major intervention to implement right to education laws
India: Rethink on detention system at school-level
UAE: Best students in Dubai to get best private education
UK: Teaching crisis: learning the hard way
US: Higher fines for parents of truant school students won’t work, say …principals
UK : Two teachers unions have voted to merge to become a single “super union”
India: School management committee dissolved over poor meals
USA: Becoming a Teacher and a Leader in Today’s Classroom
India: Business of Teacher Education in Haryana
Morocco: Ecoles privées : Panique générale
Timo Mahn Jones (DIE): Accountability for development cooperation under the 2030 Agenda.
Singapore: Why high-flying Singapore wants more than grades
Sudan: Kordofan Teachers Boycot Examinations
USA: Opinion: How digital financial services can boost government accountability
Kenya: Teachers’ Union to Call for Strike If No New Teachers
Kenya: TSC Warns Schools Against Hiring Unregistered Teachers.
USA: Why Isn’t There a Uniform Process to Prevent Teacher Sexual Misconduct?
USS: American Teachers Unions Oppose Innovative Schools—in Africa
US Senate Votes to Repeal Teacher Training Law
Hong Kong: Parents, teachers threaten to boycott ‘revamped’ primary school TSA tests
Australia: Plea to fix girlfriendly bias in Naplan testing
USA: Student Testing: “District Leadership in the New Era of Assessment”
Kenya: Crisis as half of trainees in teachers’ colleges fail exam
Uruguay: Docentes denuncian sobrepoblación en liceos y ya analizan medidas
How can media inspire accountability and political participation?.
USA: What happened when one school banned homework — and asked kids to read and play instead.
Sierra leone Low-Cost Private Schools a Success for Developing World Families
Uganda: 60 Schools Face Closure Over Standards
China: 3 math events to end after calls to cut student stress
South Korea: An Assault Upon Our Children: South Korea’s Education System …
Jamaica: Early Childhood Commission looking to certify 300 schools by 2019
USA: The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Trinidad: Parents, why were your children not in school?
Venezuela: Padres de familia se desligan de la educación de sus hijos
Argentina: Docentes argentinos no iniciarán clases por demandas salariales
UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
Finland: new oath for teachers introduced by union
Uganda: 23 Head Teachers Demoted Over Exams
Uganda: Pupils, Teachers Desert Govt Schools
USA: The war on Betsy DeVos is all about the teachers unions
Colombia: Gobierno se sentará a dialogar con maestros el próximo 9 de marzo
Tanzania: Education ministry to roll out public participation on new curriculum
GCPEA: France and Canada: 58th and 59th Countries to Endorse Safe Schools Declaration
Australia: The sad truth about education: it’s easier to blame someone else …
Haiti : RTE : La loi sur les frais scolaires promulguée en Haïti
Myanmar Govt launches national education plan
South Africa: The Budget According to Students
Why global education rankings don’t reveal the whole picture Daniel Caro
USA: Arizona State Board of Education seeks public’s input on letter …
UK: Schools in England ‘to see first real-terms funding cuts in 20 years’
Hong Kong education chiefs stamp out study drills…
Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history
Liberia’s bold experiment in school reform (Bridge)
Kenya: Court upholds the closure of Bridge schools in Kenya.
Uganda: Teachers Accuse Uneb of Aiding Exam Cheating
FRANCE: Un scandale tranquille : des enseignants toujours aussi mal formés.
Tanzania: Panic As Tanzania Blacklists Over 8 000 University Students
UK: ‘Ofsted needs to realise that schools in poor areas can’t just be judged on test scores’
China: Education chief is dodging his responsibilities
Liberia: Outsourcing Liberia’s Education System: A New level of Absurdity in Education Provisioning
UK: Teacher shortage getting worse, say MPs bbc.in/2m2fdUM
Zimbabwe: Headmaster Fudges Pass Rates
Hong Kong A spate of student suicides is forcing Hong Kong to confront its cutthroat school system
Argentina: Corrupción y desastre educativo
Tanzania: 4 Education Officers Held Over Sh100 Million Loss
Uganda: NGO Petitions Uganda Parliament Over Increased Tuition
Malawi: MANEB in anti exam cheating campaign
Uganda: Councillors Call for Privatisation of Universal Primary Education Schools
Uganda: Govt Mulls Banning Regular Tests in Schools
Rwanda: University of Rwanda Rises in World Ranking
Argentina: Polémica por la cantidad de docentes frente al aula
http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/diarios/2017/02/12/educacion/EDUC-01.html
Chile: Chile’s School Voucher System: Enabling Choice or Perpetuating Social Inequality?
Kenya: Outspoken teacher unionist tells teachers to ignore TSC order to work on weekends http://www.nation.co.ke/news/education/sossion-tells-teachers-to-ignore-order-to-work-on-weekends/2643604-3809632-8s6cg6z/
Netherlands: Dutch government asked to explain backing of for-profit education
Kenya: Govt’s Pay Offer Inadequate – Kenyan Lecturers
Uganda: We Need Strong Accountability Mechanisms for Quality Education
UK: Ofsted inspections are unreliable by design.
UK: Who’s left: Will Progress 8 reduce incentives to lose low-attaining pupils? Progress 8 is the ‘value added’ measure by which secondary schools are now being judged – it came into play from the 2015/16 academic year.
SouthAfrica: Civil society organisations launch Basic #Education Rights Handbook. bit.ly/2lfPNBZ
UK: Who’s left: How do pupils count in league tables, and how does our reweighting approach work?
Pakistan: Smart solutions to improve Pakistan’s education Supported by a GPE grant, the Sindh school monitoring system is the first digital system in the education sector in Pakistan that allows transparent and effective monitoring of staff, students and school infrastructure.
Tanzania: Chief Justice Urges Sustainable, Best Judicial Education
Bolivia: Urge reglamento ante violencia en las escuelas
http://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/nacional/20170209/urge-reglamento-violencia-escuelas
Argentina: Uno de cada 3 docentes primarios estatales no cumple tareas educativas directamente en el aula http://www.lacapitalmdp.com/uno-de-cada-3-docentes-primarios-estatales-no-cumple-tareas-educativas-directamente-en-el-aula/
Uruguay: MEC exigió que el Parlamento apruebe ley contra violencia de género http://www.montevideo.com.uy/contenido/MEC-exigio-que-el-Parlamento-apruebe-ley-contra-violencia-de-genero-334404
Bermuda: Progress on Early Childhood Education http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20170210/house–progress-on-early-childhood-education
Jamaica: Gov’t to attempt introduction of teachers licensing again http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170209/thronespeech-govt-attempt-introduction-teachers-licensing-again
NZ: The Education for All Forum has called on government to legislate for the right for every child and young person to an inclusive education in their submission to Parliament on Education Act changes.
WB: Quality education for all: measuring progress in Francophone Africa
Rwanda: Unqualified Teachers to Be Phased Out in a Year
Zimbabwe: Thousands Could Drop Out of School As Govt Fails to Pay Fees
Bolivia: Directores participarán en la evaluación de los estudiantes
Panamá: Beca universal para escuelas privadas, desde el año 2018
Zimbabwe: Education Pre-Bill Consultations End
Zimbabwe: Pupils ‘In Hospital After School Beating’ – Report
UK foreign aid fraud investigations ‘quadruple in last five years’
Turning higher education into a market is “neither desirable nor workable”, says chief economics commentator of FT. timeshighereducation.com/news/martin-wo…
Brookings: 6 lessons for using data to improve student learning in developing countries
UK: Parents win courtcase after charged for taking their child to Disneyland during termtime.
Tight budgets harm standards, says world school ranking boss bbc.in/2l4zNiL
Thailand: 679 schools fail basic education test
Thailand: Govt launches ’20-year strategic education plan’
Thailand: Teachers need relief from some burdens
Thailand; PM wants ethics test for students
Uganda: Ministry Closes 100 Private Schools
Zimbabwe: Rural Teachers’ Union Says to Go On Strike Over Unpaid Bonus http://allafrica.com/stories/201702010042.html
Ghana: Use Reliable Data To Hold Officials Accountable
Spain: General Strike Against Education Law in Spain
Economist: Bridge International Academies gets high marks for ambition but its business model is still unproven
David Hatch on Citiscope. “Citizen data can play a key role in monitoring the SDGs — by following a few rules.”
Economist: Emerging markets should welcome low-cost private schools
Philippines: Beware of unaccredited schools, parents warned
New rankings: The World’s Most International Universities 2017
Gulf news A major fault in private tuition
Egypt: Public education and private tuitions: A system of inadequacy
Kuwait to sack expat teachers giving private tuition
CHINA: Cramming schools under the spotlight
USA Can School Choice Work in Rural Areas?
USA: Atlantic: The Failing Grade for Tests
UK: Why new school performance tables tell us very little about school performance
Bigger buy-in on data disaggregation
Liberia: Bridge Students Demonstrate Over Delayed Payment of Teachers’ Salaries http://allafrica.com/stories/201701180639.html
Bangladesh: President slams private universities, says education now a business
Finlande : un vaste scandale de corruption entache le département de l’Education d’Helsinki
Kenyan court bars lecturers from striking Court Orders Lecturers Strike to Suspend Strike
Bangladesh’s plan to allow some child marriages is ‘step backwards’
Kenya: Only TSC qualified teachers to handle classes from 2017
Overworked UAE teachers quit in droves
India: Teacher questions education status report
India: Put the onus on teachers
Gems Education to expand in India and South East Asia School owner and operator Gems Education is planning to expand in India and South East Asia as it builds more low-cost schools with quicker building times.
USA: NPR: How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’
Why For-Profit Education Fails – The Atlantic
The failing grade for tests. The Evaluation. How are schools held accountable? http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/the-failing-grade-for-tests/498407/
Against Assessment: You Can’t Measure The Unmeasurable
India: Teacher arrested for blackmail, extortion
USA: How Standardized Testing Maintains Achievement Gap …
Kenya : Tough new rules to curb exam cheating
10 years in jail for those caught cheating in exams in Kenya – CCTV …
Afghan Watchdog: US Pays Millions for No-Show Teachers, Students
Nearly 1 in 4 Illinois teachers have 10-plus absent days The Republic
USA: Everyone Is Accountable For Public Education
USA: Test-based accountability: The best we can do?
USA: Teacher absenteeism related to failing school infrastructure
University rankings may be overlooking a key aspect
South Africa: Matric cheats let off the hook after two years of legal wrangling
South Africa: Stop the Education Blame game: http://mg.co.za/article/2016-10-28-00-stop-the-education-blame-game
Uganda: Auditor General’s Report Exposes Makerere Management Flaws http://allafrica.com/stories/201611040372.html
Tanzania: Govt Saves 930ml – From Ghost Students’ Pool http://allafrica.com/stories/201611100092.html
Uganda: Teachers Protest Removal of Hard-to-Reach Allowances http://allafrica.com/stories/201611100375.html
Uganda’s high court on Friday ordered Bridge International Academies (BIA) to close 63 schools. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kenya-teachers-seek-uganda-ban-uk-backed-private-143102643.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRJNU9HRXlaV0prWkRrMSIsInQiOiIxS3h1VzV3dlZ5YTF2VVRsUlwvcUUySll6alJTUjJycGtDTU5xMndcL3N6WUd2N2V2UkZ2VTdpYTkrNFwvRmFVWFhGelg3MXBIZlZNSmdDXC81ditSZVZENmpyTGlXS3hxZXFMTUdoY3lVTGhsc0E9In0%3D
Uganda: MoE Uganda statement on Bridge Academies: https://ugandamediacentreblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/statement-on-bridge-international-academy/
Pakistan: Do donor agencies need to be accountable? http://tribune.com.pk/story/1097355/do-donor-agencies-need-to-be-accountable/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpjM016RTVNMkkwTVRkbCIsInQiOiJ3NXh6K2NPbW4zMzZsWEZZamp5bVBza09HbG1Sb0NiWlNYcjhzSlNqR3IwelRlNWFEVkI1RGNWYk1cL3NwdzlyRERBQW8zWXZ4SWduWDVhSGdkRUVFVFA1Qzc0Ylo0SXh0Y3pDTThsVzVNaEU9In0%3D
Most aid donors are failing to meet their pledges on transparency, according to Publish What You Fund’s annual transparency rankings, released this week
Mexico : Se incrementa matrícula en escuelas privadas en
Oxfam highlights World Bank investments in companies linked to tax havens http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2016/04/oxfam-highlights-world-bank-investments-companies-linked-tax-havens?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=
Transparency NGO slams Turkish government for stifling accountability http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2016/04/transparency-ngo-slams-turkish-government-stifling-accountability?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJaak9HWmtPRFpqTWpObSIsInQiOiJFQUU3YUNmXC9ZeWtYVndXNFkrK05MRmxsbXdFeHZYWXlMd09wXC9OV0FDV2djSXBHTFwvcThxTmZodEhybjN4VU56UjZyaHRGNlBKREZNalVDWDRHMFR4eEZ0UWxkczJnSzA3bnlQNEZCV0lnVT0ifQ%3D%3D
Report from the OECD on Governing Education in a Complex World. http://www.oecd.org/edu/governing-education-in-a-complex-world-9789264255364-en.htm
Why we must measure literacy at an early age, by the World Bank: http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/read-why-we-must-measure-literacy-early-age
Namibia: Unqualified Teachers Get a Break
Norrag maps education think tanks to see which are formed to specifically shape education policy or not: https://norrag.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/thinking-about-the-education-think-tank-phenomenon/
Why haven’t more Latin American countries joined EITI?
Natalie Sharples (Health Poverty Action) and Claire Thomas (Minority Rights Group) on Deliver 2030. “Disaggregated data: the only way to leave no one behind.
Liberia: Don’t Outsource Primary Education System http://allafrica.com/stories/201603280584.html
South Africa: ‘Ghost’ Pupils and Teachers Drain Education Finances http://allafrica.com/stories/201603230691.html?aa_source=nwsltr-education-en
South Africa: SA schools ‘hotspots’ for corruption – report http://mg.co.za/article/2016-03-09-graft-in-sa-schools-tops-corruption-reports
Hungary: is considering reforms to its public education system, a senior official said on Tuesday, following three major protests in two months against the centre-right government’s centralised control over schools. http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3169605-hungary-mulls-education-reforms-after-string-of-protests-media/
How do school grants impact equity? http://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/how-do-school-grants-impact-equity
Will gender equality promises be kept? Accountability and the 2030 Agenda http://devpolicy.org/will-gender-equality-promises-kept-accountability-2030-agenda-20160314/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoksqjOdu%2FhmjTEU5z16egpXa%2B0hokz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTsNrMbnYDBceEJhqyQJxPr3DJNUN0ddxRhbkDQ%3D%3D
Corruption: moving beyond the obvious
India: Rajasthan to regulate private school fees http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/Rajasthan-to-regulate-private-school-fees/articleshow/51179296.cms
India: Delhi government increases reimbursement to private schools http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Delhi-government-increases-reimbursement-to-private-schools/articleshow/51384087.cms
South Africa’s schools were a public sector corruption hotspot in 2015, according to a national corruption watchdog. http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2016/03/south-africa-schools-revealed-hotbed-corruption?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoksqjMcu%2FhmjTEU5z16egpXa%2B0hokz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTsNrN7jYDBceEJhqyQJxPr3DJNUN0ddxRhbkDQ%3D%3D
El Salvador: Proponen crear ley contra el acoso escolar o “bullying” / proposal for new law against bullying in schoolhttp://www.laprensagrafica.com/2016/03/09/proponen-crear-ley-contra-el-acoso-escolar-o-bullying
Cuba: La educación privada en Cuba https://www.cibercuba.com/videos/noticias/2016-03-07-u65722-la-educacion-privada-en-cuba
Colombia: Las obligaciones públicas de la educación privada http://www.elespectador.com/opinion/obligaciones-publicas-de-educacion-privada
Liberia: Liberia Ministry of Education data utilization study: http://crowd360.org/liberia-ministry-of-education-data-utilization-study/
South Africa. Academics in South Africa have perhaps more responsibility than ever before.
USA: A New Era for the Battle Over Teacher Evaluations
Malawi: Malawi suspends recruitment of its trained teachers despite critical shortages nyasatimes.com/2016/03/08/mal…
The latest report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Haiti underlines the importance of free quality education and warns of the perilous effects of unregulated public-private partnerships https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/046/17/PDF/G1504617.pdf?OpenElement
India: ASER India revamped for Deeper Insights
Illicit Financial Flows: Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (HLPIFF).
Alex Johnson on Transparency International’s blog. “End corruption for a sustainable future.”
Nigeria: Nigeria sacks lots of university vice-chancellors: http://allafrica.com/stories/201602151356.html
Peru ; Estudiantes y colectivos peruanos marchan a favor de la educación
Dominican Republic : RD gastó RD$24 millones en las pruebas PISA
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2016/12/10/gasto-24-millones-las-pruebas-pisa
SINGAPORE: MOF calls for public feedback on upcoming Budget 2017
Ireland: We don’t have students any more – just customers
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/we-don-t-have-students-any-more-just-customers-1.2896508
Canada: The world needs better data on education – and Canada can help
Chile : Los problemas que reveló Pisa en la enseñanza de la matemática en Chile
http://www.diarioconcepcion.cl/?q=node/13165
Panamá adaptará a su realidad el protocolo contra “bullying” de Costa Rica
South Africa: How the Department of Basic Education is failing South African schoolchildren
https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/department-basic-education-failing-south-african-schoolchildren/
What went wrong for Bridge Academies in Uganda?
Aid groups fall short on disability commitments, advocates say
Mexico: Expect cuts to public education, key legislator says
https://www.abqjournal.com/905411/new-mexico-cuts-for-public-education-likely-official-says.html
Morocco: la gratuité de l’école publique fait débat
Jordan: ‘Disappointing’ test results challenge Jordan to reform education — Queen
China: Education in China means 77 hours a week for some kids
Niger: les enseignants dans la rue pour réclamer leurs arriérés de salaire
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20161207-niger-enseignants-greve-reclamer-arrieres-salaire-ecole
UK: Private schools plan 10,000 free places for low-income pupils
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38258454
Germany : Germany among top European countries for education: PISA report
http://www.thelocal.de/20161206/germany-among-top-european-countries-for-education
UK: Tories demand review of SNP’s flagship education reform after tumbling rankings
Desmontando PISA (2): La utilización política del ranking de PISA
France: Marine Le Pen: no free education for children of ‘illegal immigrants’
Mali : Education : 7 syndicats d’enseignants en grève de cinq jours
http://maliactu.net/mali-education-7-syndicats-denseignants-en-greve-de-cinq-jours/
Tunisia: Students on strike: Why Tunisia’s education reforms have run into trouble
South Africa: Outstanding school fees may not be used to withhold report cards – Education MEC
South Africa: Government Is Underfunding Higher Education By R120 Billion
http://allafrica.com/stories/201612060635.html
UK: Pisa: Wales still worst in UK in world education tests
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38208738
Spain: Three years on, Spanish science, reading and maths levels hold steady
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/06/inenglish/1481031553_876672.html
UK UK schools fail to climb international league table
France: Stark inequality causes France to fall again in global education rankings
http://www.thelocal.fr/20161206/stark-inequality-sees-france-fall-again-in-education-rankings
Long read: Does Pisa really tell us anything useful about schools?
Peru: Ministro de Educación destaca el avance de Perú en el informe PISA del 2015
Pruebas PISA: 5 cosas que América Latina debe hacer para mejorar su resultados en educación
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-38211247
Argentina Excluded from Global Education Ranking, Chile Leads LatAm
Pisa tests: Singapore top in global education rankings
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38212070
In the world’s biggest education test, one small country has raced past all the others
PISA survey: best students in East Asia.
http://www.dw.com/en/pisa-survey-best-students-in-east-asia/a-36662476
República Dominicana: Educación anuncia que el país obtuvo el último lugar en evaluación de rendimiento escolar
What the world can learn from the latest PISA test results
The Global Search for Education: Everything You Need to Know About PISA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_b_13445222.html
Venezuela: Ejecutivo afirma que en Venezuela se garantiza la educación gratuita
http://globovision.com/article/maduro-dedicara-su-programa-a-la-campana-venezuela-indestructible
USA THE WATCHDOGS: 1 in 4 CPS teachers miss 10 or more days a year: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-1-in-4-cps-teachers-miss-10-or-more-days-a-year/
USA East Texas districts’ teacher absences below state, national rates: https://www.newsjournal.com/news/2016/nov/12/east-texas-districts-teacher-absences-below-state-/
GHANA Mahama lauds reduction in teacher absenteeism: http://pulse.com.gh/campus/education-in-ghana-mahama-lauds-reduction-in-teacher-absenteeism-id5746645.html
INDIA State govt. proposes school of governance: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/state-govt-proposes-school-of-governance/article9337179.ece
LESOTHO Simple iniciativa evitará ausentismo escolar de niñas en Lesoto: http://prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=40129&SEO=simple-iniciativa-evitara-ausentismo-escolar-de-ninas-en-lesoto
MEXICO Acusan EIPSD de Violar Ley de Ausentismo Escolar: http://diario.mx/El_Paso/2016-10-17_4d19ab05/acusan-a-episd-de-violar-ley-de-ausentismo-escolar/
Argentina Cumplen el paro en las escuelas y los docentes tensan la cuerda: http://www.eldia.com/la-ciudad/cumplen-el-paro-en-las-escuelas-y-los-docentes-tensan-la-cuerda-179153
France Absentéisme scolaire : que risquez-vous ? http://www.letudiant.fr/college/absenteisme-scolaire-que-risquez-vous.html
France Gitans de Perpignan: le maire Jean-Marc Pujol veut «apporter la mixité au quartier Saint-Jacques http://www.lindependant.fr/2016/11/11/gitans-de-perpignan-jean-marc-pujol-veut-apporter-la-mixite-au-quartier-saint-jacques,2276226.php
Malawi: Catholic Education Commission sensitizes the youth on local governance issues: http://www.nyasatimes.com/catholic-education-commission-sensitizes-youth-local-governance-issues/#sthash.g78kDEDC.dpuf
Malawi: District Education Manager faults Mzimba South teachers for negligence: http://www.nyasatimes.com/district-education-manager-faults-mzimba-south-teachers-negligence/#sthash.ggBxzpjU.dpuf
Ireland: Education Bill may see pupils sitting on school boards
USA: Letter: High teacher absenteeism derails students’ progress
http://buffalonews.com/2016/12/02/letter-high-teacher-absenteeism-derails-students-progress/
USA: Establecen Comisión de Educación
http://www.eldiariodevictoria.com/2016/12/05/establecen-comision-educacion/
France: Education : pourquoi le classement Pisa fait tant de bruit
France: French students rank last in EU for maths, study finds
http://www.france24.com/en/20161129-french-students-rank-last-europe-eu-maths-science-timss-study
Spain: Guía para entender PISA, el examen de la educación que muchos citan y pocos comprenden
http://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/PISA-examen-educacion-mundial_0_587241437.html
Brazil: Temer propone reducir el gasto en educación y los estudiantes toman escuelas y universidades
https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/223248-brasil-temer-propone-reducir-gasto
Australia: Poor Australia education ranking prompts soul-searching
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38178763
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban hang university student in public
Mali : L’année scolaire 2016 – 2017 menacée : Sept syndicats de l’Education en grève de 120 heures à partir de ce lundi
Cameroon: Education Problems – Government Takes Salutor
http://allafrica.com/stories/201612051126.html
Morocco : annuler la gratuité de l’enseignement public, une idée qui ne passe pas
USA: Will Higher Education Be ‘Trumped’ by State Lawmakers?
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Will-Higher-Education-Be/238572
UK: Academy schools breach transparency rules
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37620007
Kenya: Education CS says stringent exam regulations will extend to marking
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000223827/education-cs-says-stringent-exam-regulations-will-extend-to-marking
South Africa: Why Are South African Students Protesting?
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/why-are-south-african-students-protesting/3592576.html
Kenya: Exam Marking Will Be Fair and Credible – CS Matiang’i
http://allafrica.com/stories/201611170129.html
Kenya; Exams marking ‘with military precision’
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/11/18/exams-marking-with-military-precision_c1457731
India: How AAP Govt Is Reforming The Education Sector In Delhi
http://examswatch.com/how-aap-is-reforming-the-education-sector-in-delhi/
China: School bullies punished for picking on girl
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-11/18/content_39732220.htm
Bangladesh: Is primary education a fundamental human right for citizens?
Measuring learning – why we need to work together:
Help for kids the education system ignores
France: Le droit à l’éducation bafoué par certaines mairies
http://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2016/11/18/le-droit-a-l-education-bafoue-par-certaines-mairies_5033207_1473685.html#Ov2IzIF6YGHuH81l.99
Nepal: MoE seeks suggestions on Education Regulations
http://nepaliheadlines.com/moe-seeks-suggestions-education-regulations/
USA: La Junta Escolar estatal reprobó su examen de rendición de cuentas
Zimbabwe’s higher education minister battles corruption probe
UK students protest planned university reforms. Students and lecturers criticise plans to rank universities and allow higher performing ones to raise fees.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/uk-students-protest-planned-reform-universities-161118203640136.html
UK: Students and lecturers march against Tories’ education bill https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/19/students-lecturers-march-tories-education-bill-brexit-eu
Zimbabwe: Child Rights Activists Call for Free Education
http://allafrica.com/stories/201611200004.html
International community should not fail children
Ecuador: El libre ingreso y la gratuidad de la educación en Ecuador
http://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/punto-de-vista/1/el-libre-ingreso-y-la-gratuidad-de-la-educacion-en-ecuador
Venezuela: Ejecutivo afirma que en Venezuela se garantiza la educación gratuita
http://globovision.com/article/maduro-dedicara-su-programa-a-la-campana-venezuela-indestructible
GPE and @UNESCOstat are working together to support stronger learning assessment systems
USA THE WATCHDOGS: 1 in 4 CPS teachers miss 10 or more days a year: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-1-in-4-cps-teachers-miss-10-or-more-days-a-year/
USA East Texas districts’ teacher absences below state, national rates: https://www.newsjournal.com/news/2016/nov/12/east-texas-districts-teacher-absences-below-state-/
GHANA Mahama lauds reduction in teacher absenteeism: http://pulse.com.gh/campus/education-in-ghana-mahama-lauds-reduction-in-teacher-absenteeism-id5746645.html
INDIA State govt. proposes school of governance: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/state-govt-proposes-school-of-governance/article9337179.ece
LESOTHO Simple iniciativa evitará ausentismo escolar de niñas en Lesoto: http://prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=40129&SEO=simple-iniciativa-evitara-ausentismo-escolar-de-ninas-en-lesoto
MEXICO Acusan EIPSD de Violar Ley de Ausentismo Escolar: http://diario.mx/El_Paso/2016-10-17_4d19ab05/acusan-a-episd-de-violar-ley-de-ausentismo-escolar/
Argentina Cumplen el paro en las escuelas y los docentes tensan la cuerda: http://www.eldia.com/la-ciudad/cumplen-el-paro-en-las-escuelas-y-los-docentes-tensan-la-cuerda-179153
France Absentéisme scolaire : que risquez-vous ? http://www.letudiant.fr/college/absenteisme-scolaire-que-risquez-vous.html