Imagine trying to find a job as a recent college graduate in the Middle East. Not only would you be looking for a job in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, in challenging economic times, you will also be competing with millions of other young people graduating from universities. At about 25%, the youth unemployment rate in […]

The global education debate has rightly moved from questions of access to a focus on quality and the practical steps that can bring about improvement in learning outcomes. The new UN Sustainable Development Goals are all about quality. Improving learning outcomes is not an easy task. However recent development in several major cities give us […]

To say ‘A teacher touches eternity’ conveys that those who devote their lives to cultivate the talents of the young help them make sense of the future. On occasion, educators empower their students to not just make sense of the future, but to create it. When they do this, they do more than touch eternity, […]

The face of education is changing. A generation ago, education delivery was dominated by the public sector across geographies, and publishers dominated private sector education. Technology played a minimal role, and few investors were engaged. For too many people in too many countries, education was a privilege rather than a right. The consequence? Unrealized human […]