Kenya’s children are burning – and we already know why
Sixteen girls are dead. Seventy-nine are injured, some having leapt through dormitory windows in the dark to escape the flames. We have been here before – too many times.
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Feet planted firmly in the air: The danger of teacher-free education events
The political philosopher Bernard Crick once warned that think tanks risk having ‘their feet planted firmly in the air’ – confident, well-funded and untethered from reality. Without teacher voices, that is exactly where too many education events are headed.
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When school ends early: What dropout data tells us about ambition, circumstance and the particular risk facing girls
What causes a student to leave school? Financial pressure, pregnancy, health problems - the data from a recent external evaluation of PEAS, PEAS-partner, and government schools in Zambia points consistently to external constraints, not disengagement.
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Beyond enrolment: Pakistan’s real education crisis is learning
Over the past few weeks, much of the education discourse in Pakistan has centred on one question: how many children are out of school? The debate – driven by comparisons across datasets – has drawn attention to differences in estimates and methodologies.
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