Equal Education
OSI-New York
May 10, 2011
audio AUDIO
This discussion is led by representatives of Open Society grantee Equal Education, a movement working for quality and equality in South African education, through analysis and activism.

About This Initiative
The Open Society Foundations’ Education Support Program seeks to further education justice by combating inequality and discrimination in education and through exposing the deeper structural inequalities that reproduce educational disadvantage and exclusion.

Discrimination in Education
The Education Support Program advocates for children’s legal rights while striving to provide governments and educators with the access to professional development and expertise that make inclusion possible.

Education in Conflict- and Crisis-Affected Countries
In conflict- and crisis-affected countries, all but the most privileged children are marginalized in education. The Education Support Program focuses its efforts primarily in Liberia and Pakistan.

Critical Thinking and Quality Education
The Critical Thinking Project focuses foremost on the essential transaction of teaching and learning and provides a practical method that empowers teachers to create learning environments which nurture inquiry and active participation in learning.

The Political Economy of Education
Through the Privatization in Education Research Initiative, the Education Support Program is supporting accessible, knowledgeable public debate to better inform decisions by governments, teachers, and parents.

Civil Activism in Education
The Education Support Program nurtures movements and activism that advance education justice.

more focus areas

Remembering Tom Alexander
Hugh McLean
January 24, 2012
blog BLOG  
Tom Alexander's insistence on linking social justice with quality in education challenged and inspired us all.

Advancing Education Reform with "Writers Bloc"
Kamila Shamsie and Hugh McLean
January 13, 2012
blog BLOG  
A group of writers including Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Adiche, and Aleksander Hemon take a look at education systems in conflict-affected countries around the world.

The Power of Women in West Africa
Massa S. S. Crayton
November 16, 2011
blog BLOG  
Women's participation is critical in reconciliation and reconstruction efforts, as the work of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee has shown. Yet the immense resources women can bring to peace-building remain largely untapped.

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