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Opinion 14 July 2016 MOOCs: From Tsunami to RippleMOOCs: From Tsunami to Ripple
David Robinson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 July 2016 Safeguarding Education against its Commercialisation
by Kishore Singh, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Education is a fundamental human right for every child and its provision is a core public function of the State. However, education as a public function of the State is being eroded by market-driven approaches and the rapid...
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Opinion 28 June 2016 The Importance of Class SizeThe Importance of Class Size
David Zyngier
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Opinion 22 June 2016 Collective bargaining – the real teachers’ voice.Collective bargaining – the real teachers’ voice.
Howard Stevenson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 June 2016 Bridge International Academies adds fear and intimidation to its business strategy
By Angelo Gavrielatos, Project Director Global Response, Education International The flailing reputation of the Pearson-backed ‘edu-business’ has fallen to a new low after it was caught spreading false accusations to have a Canadian academic researcher jailed while studying its Ugandan operations.
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Opinion 15 June 2016 Hidden Markets in the Digital Age: Global Patterns in the Privatization of Education?Hidden Markets in the Digital Age: Global Patterns in the Privatization of Education?
Patricia Burch
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Opinion 13 June 2016 The Roles of Private Actors in the Global Partnership for EducationThe Roles of Private Actors in the Global Partnership for Education
Francine Menashy
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 June 2016 UN says UK aid to commercial private schools could violate children's rights
PRESS RELEASE (London, 10 June 2016) In an unprecedented statement made public on 9 June 2016, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC ) expressed concerns about the UK “funding of low-fee, private and informal schools run by for-profit business enterprises” through its development aid as...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 June 2016 Learning to live together
Education unions and the defence of democratic societies Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1938
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Opinion 7 June 2016 Shadow education: How does private tutoring affect the lives of teachers?Shadow education: How does private tutoring affect the lives of teachers?
Mark Bray
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Opinion 1 June 2016 Who Needs ‘Really Good Friends’ When This is What They Are Up To? Trading Away Education as a Human and Political Right!Who Needs ‘Really Good Friends’ When This is What They Are Up To? Trading Away Education as a Human and Political Right!
Susan Robertson
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 May 2016 England rushes forward with school privatisation agenda – but outcomes far from certain
By Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham, UK Earlier this year the UK government published its plans for school reform in England in a White Paper – Educational Excellence Everywhere (DfE, 2016). Within the UK education policy is a matter for individual nations and so policy paths differ significantly across England,...
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Opinion 30 May 2016 Rise of the Radical RightRise of the Radical Right
Damon A. Silvers
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 May 2016 When myths of education become reality
By Stephen Dinham, University of Melbourne, Australia. Just over 20 years ago David Berliner and Bruce Biddle published The Manufactured Crisis - Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools. In this they cited the ‘sweeping claims attacking the conduct and achievement of America’s public schools - claims that...
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Opinion 12 May 2016 The simplimetrification of educational researchThe simplimetrification of educational research
Gustavo E. Fischman
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 May 2016 The Panama Papers, Public Education and Democracy
By Susan Robertson, University of Bristol
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Opinion 29 April 2016 Pearson: the socially responsible edu-business?Pearson: the socially responsible edu-business?
Anna Hogan
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 April 2016 The European Union in crisis: Is public education the answer?
By Howard Stevenson, University of Nottingham, UK The events of the last few days highlight the huge problems now faced in the European Union. The UK has voted to withdraw from membership and this has triggered demands for similar referenda in France, Italy and Holland. Only time will tell if...
The European Union in crisis: Is public education the answer?