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Three innovative responses to COVID-19 that have removed barriers to learning for the most marginalised
By Janet Lennox and Wongani Taulo Since COVID-19 burst onto the world stage, headlines have mounted about the millions of children suddenly out of school due to the closures during countries’ lockdowns. Lessons from earlier school closures, such as the … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Language, Learning, Marginalization, refugees
Tagged covid19
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COVID-19 poised to set aid to education back by six years
English / Español A new GEM Report policy paper released today shows that total aid to education reached its highest ever levels in 2018, the latest available year. However, it estimates that global aid is likely to decline by up … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, humanitarian aid
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A new comparable learning assessment designed in the Global South, For the Global South: Exploring the ICAN 2019 Findings
By Ketan Verma, PAL Network and Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group Ambika’s house was built with red bricks and a corrugated steel roof and had spectacularly clear views of the Himalayas. We visited her village to understand whether children went … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Literacy, Uncategorized
Tagged assessments, learning, literacy, numeracy
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa
By Peter Wallet, Teacher Task Force and Pierre Varly, Consultant The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on education systems. At its height, 194 countries had implemented country-wide school closures, affecting 63 million primary and secondary teachers. Sub-Saharan Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, sub-Saharan Africa, teacher, teaching
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All teachers should be prepared to teach all students
Tomorrow, the GEM Report, the Teachers Task Force at UNESCO and Education International are co-hosting an event on teachers and teaching for inclusion. Inclusion cannot be realized unless teachers are agents of change, with values, knowledge and attitudes that permit … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, teach, teachers, teaching
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Global Citizenship Education after the COVID-19 crisis?
By Marta Estellés, University of Cantabria, Spain and Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA During the COVID-19 crisis, educational responses have been mainly geared towards minimizing the problems derived from school closures and mantaining educational services. While it is … Continue reading
Emiliano Naranjo: a teacher with a disability fighting for fairer societies in Argentina
Emiliano was born with cerebral palsy and battled against multiple odds, discrimination and stigmatism, fighting all the way to the courts to be where he is today: a university professor of physical education, an advisor to the province of Buenos … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Equality, Inclusion, Latin America
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We need to talk about racism in schools
The fault lines are open and fractions are rising in the United States. Inequalities, which have always been there, are now fully exposed because of COVID-19, including its effect on marginalized communities. The death of George Floyd shined the spotlight … Continue reading
Your Questions Answered – pose your questions live to the authors of the 2020 GEM Report
Launched on 23 June, the 2020 GEM Report on inclusion and education draws on the latest available data, evidence, and commissioned research from leading experts around the world. The Report benefits from a 18-month production cycle and is authored by … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hillary Clinton, Shakira, Pele, Yalitza Aparicio and others join in calling for more inclusive education
High-profile influencers from around the world joined the GEM Report in calling for more inclusive education systems. The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report showed that exclusion in education had deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, about 40% of low and … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Inclusion, Language, legal rights, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education
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