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Education Plus Development
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Eileen McGivney
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April 23, 2014 1:02pm
Emily Gustaffson-Wright and Eileen McGivney speak with Vicky Colbert, founder and director of Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN), a model created to tackle the poor state of rural, multi-grade schools and employs cooperative, child-centered pedagogy.
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Education Plus Development
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Katie Smith
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April 17, 2014 3:15pm
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Katie Smith argue that recent attacks by Boko Haram militants on schools and children amplify the widespread challenges that Nigeria has yet to overcome in regards to its education system.
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Education Plus Development
Kate Anderson Simons and Rebecca Winthrop
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April 15, 2014 12:07pm
Kate Anderson Simons and Rebecca Winthrop discuss the need for global citizenship education in the post-2015 development agenda and the role of the Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) in leading this conversation.
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Education Plus Development
Emily Gustafsson-Wright
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April 14, 2014 2:06pm
Emily Gustafsson-Wright recaps the Center for Universal Education's recent webinar on the business case for early childhood development, jointly organized with the Global Business Coalition for Education and Ready Nation/America's Edge.
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Education Plus Development
Liesbet Steer
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April 9, 2014 10:31am
While directing more funds toward education can involve hard choices due to scarce resources, Liesbet Steer explains that data shows better than ever how great of a return education investment can deliver and calls for the development community to act this week during the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.
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Education Plus Development
Rebecca Winthrop
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April 7, 2014 12:16pm
Rebecca Winthrop discusses the next phase of the Learning Metrics Task Force and the importance of measuring learning to ensure quality education.
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Education Plus Development
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Tamar Atinc
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April 2, 2014 3:19pm
Tamar Atinc and Emily Gustafsson-Wright discuss the potential of innovative financing for early childhood development, in particular, the use of social impact bonds (SIB) to finance and scale quality learning outcomes in developing countries.
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Education Plus Development
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Carola McGiffert
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March 28, 2014 3:11pm
Following First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to China, Emily Gustafsson-Wright discusses the ongoing collaborative efforts between the United States and China to ensure quality schooling and instill the skills necessary to lead these countries forward in the 21st century.
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Education Plus Development
Julia Gillard
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March 28, 2014 2:14pm
Julia Gillard explains the importance of mass measuring children’s progress to access educational outcomes around the world.
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Education Plus Development
Homi Kharas and Christine Zhang
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March 21, 2014 12:17pm
Homi Kharas and Christine Zhang discuss the need to promote gender equality worldwide and emphasize the strong interconnection between women's empowerment and economic growth, particularly in developing economies.
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