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By Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education and Suzanne Grant Lewis, UNESCO-IIEP Director From school closures and home confinement to travel bans, countries and municipalities are ramping up efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. For education, the ramifications have resulted in a record number of children, youth and adults not […]
via Three ways to plan for equity during the coronavirus school closures — World Education Blog
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to increasingly stringent measures around the world, including countrywide or localized school closures. As news is moving fast, this blog aims to synthesize some of the resources UNESCO has been set up for countries’ and organisations’ disposal. As of 22 March, UNESCO has counted as many as […]
via UNESCO’s response to the coronavirus crisis offers multilateral solutions — World Education Blog
For more tips and tricks on getting started you can return to part 1 of our Online Teaching series here! Online teaching has been becoming more and more prominent in recent years, but for many of us, we’ve been suddenly thrown into it due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The conversation usually starts with which apps…
via Online Teaching Part 3: Tips to Engage and Motivate Students — Oxford University Press
As each passing day brings more school closures, educators and families scramble to respond to a situation that is uncertain and without precedent. Will the term be extended? Will the year be lost? How will college admissions be affected? How will learning continue while kids are stuck indoors for weeks? Who will look after the…
via Resources For Teaching and Learning During This Period of Social Distancing — MindShift
The 2021 GEM Report will focus on the many ways in which non-state actors are involved in education systems. It will discuss the state role in the process (regulatory frameworks, accountability mechanisms) and reflect on the most recent developments in the non-state actors’ landscape (the role of global corporations or philanthropic foundations and new public-private […]
2020 is a pivotal year as the global community will mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25). The Beijing Declaration is considered as the key global policy document on gender equality and the most ambitious roadmap for the empowerment of girls and women everywhere. To mark the occasion, as […]
via What do you wish for the education of the next generation of girls? — World Education Blog
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