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How the Private Sector Can Help Achieve Learning for All
The World Bank Group’s new Education Strategy 2020 champions learning for all and recognizes that global progress towards this goal will require the commitment of all actors – including governments,...
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What Learning for All Means for the Middle East and North Africa
The call for ‘Learning for All’ in the Education Strategy 2020 is particularly appropriate for the Middle East and North Africa region, where education quality has been a major concern for more than a...
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Should developing countries shift from focusing on improving schools to...
I travel to many developing countries in the context of my work for The World Bank. I visit schools that receive financial support and technical assistance from the Bank to improve the learning...
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EdStats: Big Data, Better Policies, Learning for All
Are we effective in presenting education data to help tackle the real issues that developing countries are facing? The education community continues to be puzzled by two realities: (1) crucial data is...
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Too many children in the Middle East and North Africa left behind
For a region that is considered middle-income, it is unacceptable that one in every 40 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) dies in the first year of life mostly from preventable...
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Higher education: returns are high but we need to fund it better
University students at a laboratory. Photo: Nafise Motlaq / World Bank This week I was invited to speak at The Economist’s Higher Education Forum in New York to share my thoughts on how higher...
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Education is the key to integrating refugees in Europe
Syrian refugee students listen to their school teacher during math classes. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World BankIn Europe, the year 2015 will be remembered as the year of the “refugee crisis.” Hundreds...
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¿Estamos obsesionados con los rankings de universidades?
Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank No hay duda que los rankings se han convertido en una parte significativa del panorama de la educación superior en los ámbitos local y global. En este escenario, los...
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Are we obsessed with university rankings?
Students prepare for an exam in a library. Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank It is beyond doubt that rankings have become a significant part of the tertiary education landscape, both globally and locally....
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Resilience, refugees, and education for change
As the world struggles to cope with the stream of refugees coming out of Syria, there is an urgent need to advance education opportunities. This is not to just thwart radicalization, as United Nations...
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Trends in returns to schooling: why governments should invest more in...
Students at a training center. One of the biggest economic benefits of schooling are labor market earnings. For many people, education and experience are their only assets. This is why I believe that...
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Nine takeaways from the 2015 Trends in International Math and Science Study...
The highest performing countries are paying extra attention to the quality of their teachers. (Photo: Dominic Chavez / World Bank) The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational...
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How to host 200,000 refugee students in your education system: An answer from...
(Photo: Dominic Chavez/World Bank) World Refugee Day happens once year, but the issues it is designed to highlight are a daily concern for Lebanon. As the country which hosts the world’s largest number...
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Why gender parity is a low standard for success in education
Gender parity in educational attainment may mask other important inequalities. (Photo: Vuong Hai Hoang / World Bank) In many ways, girls’ education is a success story in global development. Relatively...
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The Missing Piece: Disability-Inclusive Education
In 2015, the world committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” More than an...
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