July 15, 2013
Moving and astonishingly confident speech at the UN last week by Malala Yousafzai on the UN-declared ‘Malala Day‘ (12 July – her birthday). Think we’ll be hearing a lot more from her – a future president? Here’s the film my sister-in-law Mary Matheson made for Plan International to celebrate Malala’s birthday (which got shown at the UN event) And ‘I am
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How can South Africa promote citizenship and accountability? A conversation with some state planners
March 13, 2013
How can states best promote active citizenship, in particular to improve the quality and accountability of state services such as education? This was the topic of a great two hour brainstorm with half a dozen very bright sparks from the secretariat of South Africa’s National Planning Commission yesterday. The NPC, chaired by Trevor Manuel (who gave us a great plug
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India's fight for the right to education
November 9, 2012
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Day of the Girl (and a small revolution in the birthplace of humanity)
October 11, 2012
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Campaigning on education and the Robin Hood Tax (and wise counsel from Dilbert)
August 27, 2012
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Education wonkwar: the final salvo. Kevin Watkins responds to Justin Sandefur on public v private (and the reader poll is still open)
August 10, 2012
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Private schools or public? Justin Sandefur responds to Kevin Watkins (and this time you can vote)
August 9, 2012
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Holding out for the super-voucher: Kevin Watkins responds to Justin Sandefur on private v public education
July 26, 2012
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Waiting for Superman in Lahore: do poor people need private schools? Guest post by Justin Sandefur
July 25, 2012
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Harnessing religion to improve education in Africa
July 6, 2012
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Learning, leadership and the case for strategic interns
December 16, 2011
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Poverty reduction v well-being: a cash transfer experiment from Malawi
June 29, 2011
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