In this week's Systems Thinking blog, Daya Ram, Executive Director of Aspire, reflects on three decades of working alongside public education systems in India to improve access, learning, and community ownership. Read the full blog: buff.ly/zFTHf14 #SystemsThinking #Education #PublicSystems

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, read our Policy Insight on Education and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus at 10 that explores the Nexus, centring humanity, putting teachers at the heart, leading locally, and making connections across humanitarian, development and peace efforts. 🔗 buff.ly/YEpmHnZ

New Webinar Series: What We Know About Innovative Financing for Education Webinar 1: Fostering Scalable Solutions and Systemic Change with Outcomes-Based Financing: Evidence from the Haryana Early Literacy Development Impact Bond. 🗓 3 Sept | ⏰ 1-3PM CEST 🔗 Read More & Register: buff.ly/euGkFQX

📢 In this week's blog post, Dylan Orchard explores an important question: Is AI in higher education really inevitable? Read the full blog: buff.ly/U9KeGHe #HigherEducation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalEducation #EdTech

🌍 Can education, emotions, and faith help drive climate action? In this week's NORRAG blog, Brooke Samaratunga explores how SEL, ESD, and religious environmentalism can foster sustainable behaviours and help communities respond to climate change. Read more: buff.ly/FtbnKj5

This week's blog post by Sajid Ali, Khadija Gul, Sohail Ahmad, Aisha Naz Ansari, Yasir M. Qadir, and Sadia Bhutta explores the history, evolution, and current landscape of PPPs in education. Read more: buff.ly/UP0ksEP

This blog post, cross-posted from GEM World Education, reflects on fifty years since the Soweto Uprising and what it means to honour the youth who fought for dignity, education, and the right to shape their future. Read more: buff.ly/T4GYPHY Image: The World, Extra Late Edition, 16 June 1976

On #InternationalDayofParliamentarians, we recognise the vital role parliamentarians play in advancing education. They can: 📚 Legislate for inclusive education. 💰 Secure sustainable investment. 🔎 Hold governments accountable. 🗣️ Champion education for all. #EducationForAll

📢 Call for inputs! The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is inviting contributions for its upcoming report on "Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance." 🔗 buff.ly/v0p6A4W

Education systems are under pressure from overlapping crises — climate, conflict, migration, and economic shocks. This blog post brings six regional perspectives on resilience and why local ownership, inclusion, and long-term planning matter. Read more: buff.ly/dIJ0ol9

Reflecting on #WorldRefugeeDay, we invite you to explore NORRAG’s Policy Insights – Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response 📘 : buff.ly/7ucEa96

Can AI expand educational opportunities in Africa without reinforcing digital inequalities? Susan Isiko Štrba argues that the answer depends on who develops AI, who owns the data, and whose priorities it serves. Read more: buff.ly/sTb9XJp #AI #AIinEducation

Strong start for the new GPE KIX initiative on using research evidence in education policy and planning. High demand led to expanded participation in our first learning cycles: 📚 Gender equity in school leader selection 📊 Using data to improve education quality and equity 🔗 buff.ly/xUWY8k2

Can AI democratize higher ed or create new inequalities? Saqib Raza argues AI is becoming digital capital in Pakistan's higher education. Access ≠ benefit. Family background, English skills & digital literacy shape who gains an advantage. Read: buff.ly/EURlxq7 #GenerativeAI #HigherEducation

On this #InternationalDayForDialogueAmongCivilizations, we open a call for contributions for our #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series. We welcome contributions from the Global South, whose perspectives may be underrepresented. Contributions may respond to one of our Thematic Priorities

Как язык формирует знания — и чьи голоса учитываются в образовании? В #МеждународныйДеньРусскогоЯзыка изучите русскоязычное издание NSI от NORRAG 🔗 buff.ly/bfF6Ozs

🌍 On World Environment Day, we highlight NORRAG Special Issue 07 “Education in Times of Climate Change.” NSI 07 explores how education can support climate action and just, sustainable futures through transformative learning, curriculum innovation, and diverse knowledges. 🔗 buff.ly/OWdl3mr

On #International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we spotlight Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) and their vital work supporting children and vulnerable communities affected by conflict. Read more: buff.ly/Bf9Fo5n

🌍 In this blog post, Noor Muhammad Ansari explores how gaps in education data systems exclude the most marginalised children and why stronger learner-level data is essential for inclusion. 🔗 buff.ly/BSywdFj

On #InternationalDayOfParents, we honour parents & caregivers shaping children's #learning, #wellbeing, and #futures. #Education begins at home—with encouragement, curiosity, and care that builds confidence & love of learning. Let's support families making learning possible. #SDG4

In this week’s blog post, Rosa Tiziana Bruno explores how the PNI Protocol uses storytelling and body mapping to rebuild empathy, resilience, and social cohesion in schools. Read more here: buff.ly/qgYXbxI #SEL #Education #UNESCO #SocialCohesion #PeaceEducation

On the occasion of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, join NORRAG’s global network of 7,000+ members across 180 countries and explore diverse perspectives shaping education and international development. ✨ 🔗 buff.ly/zxUH6LU #WorldDayforCulturalDiversity

In this week's blog post, David Sathuluri explores how AI and climate education still privilege dominant Northern knowledge systems, while sidelining epistemologies from the Global South. Read more: buff.ly/pUWYsq8 #TheSouthAlsoKnows #KnowledgeJustice #AI #ClimateJustice #EpistemicJustice

On the International Day of Living Together in Peace, we invite contributions to the Blog Series on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. We welcome reflections, research, and practice-based insights on education, humanitarian response, development, and peacebuilding. 🔗 buff.ly/yLuzBMJ

“Writing is tested. It is rarely taught.” In this week's blog post, Aakash Kumar argues that Pakistan’s English writing crisis is fundamentally about class inequality, not pedagogy. Who gets taught to think and write critically, and who gets trained to memorise? Read: buff.ly/IGlb6mL

🔔 Reminder 🌍 Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? 🗓 13 May | ⏰ 15:00–17:00 CET 📍 Online (Zoom) Join us to explore governance, equity, learning, and new development paradigms. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WLbAnNr #HigherEducation #SDGs

Join us for the launch of Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? 🔹 Matthew Witenstein on just transitions & decarbonization 🔹 Miah Dionne Sears on tackling structural oppression 🔹 Andrea Velásquez Butrón on epistemic justice and Indigenous knowledge buff.ly/BThlLAA

Join us on 13 May for the launch of Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? Our speakers: 🔹 Maia Chankseliani on positive impacts of international student mobility 🔹 Savo Heleta on international aid and higher education 👉https://buff.ly/BThlLAA

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💡 Within education subsectors, TVET leads with USD 69.7m in upfront capital (42 projects), but pre-primary has the highest per-project averages. Data from the IFE-2-Leave No One Behind: Education Impact Bonds Database, tracking 140 projects globally. Explore: buff.ly/HMWeYO5 #ImpactBonds

Following the Money: Where Education Impact Bond Financing Actually Flows

This factsheet presents analysis of data on 140 education impact bond projects totalling USD 184 million in upfront capital and USD 445 million in maximum...

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