Latest news, research, and reports, on key markers of the Education 2030 Agenda, with a special focus on curriculum and related matters.

Ministry orders vice-chancellors to start with classes

Nigeria. University World News, 21 January

DfE’s Covid catch-up scheme set for expansion

United Kingdom. Schools Week, 23 January

Growing up in a pandemic: How Covid is affecting children’s development

USA. Direct Relief, 19 January

UNESCO and partners launch of the Geneva Global Education in Emergencies Hub

International. UNESCO, 27 January

Extra uni or college year could ‘solve lost learning’ says social mobility commissioner

United Kingdom. Schools Week, 23 January

Children's right to education is at risk in the Covid era

Bangladesh. Dhaka Tribune, 24 January

Education Above All Foundation calls on international community to #BuildBackEducation, ahead of the International Day of Education

Qatar. ReliefWeb, 20 January

Executive order on supporting the reopening and continuing operation of schools and early childhood education providers

USA. White House, 21 January

Safeguarding learning opportunities for children and youth worldwide -- both now and in the future

Netherlands. Relief Web, 24 January

Online learning set to continue, financial outlook gloomy

South Africa. University World News, 21 January

UNESCO figures show two thirds of an academic year lost on average worldwide due to Covid-19 school closures

International. UNESCO, 25 January

COVID-19: Missing more than a classroom. The impact of school closures on children’s nutrition

International. UNICEF, January 2021

Response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict affected settings (ECPC panel session, C20 Summit 2020), 11 November (On-demand recording)

International. Early Childhood Peace Consortium

Growing up in a pandemic: How Covid is affecting children’s development

USA. Direct Relief, 19 January

With the pandemic shining new light on early childhood educators, proponents look to ‘radical’ changes

USA. EdSurge, 14 January

Finland starts two-year preschool trial

Finland. YLE, 17 January

A snapshot of early childhood care and education in South Africa: Institutional offerings, challenges and recommendations

South Africa. South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020

An examination of self-regulation and higher-order cognitive skills as predictors of preschool children's early academic skills

Turkey. International Education Studies, 2020

Right to pre-primary education: a global study

International. UNESCO, 2021

College Board drops SAT subject tests, essay

USA. Higher Ed Dive, 19 January

Ed Dept staff recommend terminating recognition of troubled accreditor ACICS

USA. Higher Ed Dive, 23 January

Schools to have New Normal Curriculum 2021: REC

Bhutan. Kuensel, 27 January

Innovations in the assessment of learning proficiency in Africa

Africa. World Education Blog, 28 January

Transdisciplinary integrated curriculum: An analysis of teacher experiences through a design model within the framework of IB-PYP

Turkey. Participatory Educational Research, January 2021

Investigation of social studies curriculum in regards to migrant, refugee, asylum-seekers concepts

Turkey. Participatory Educational Research, January 2021

Undergraduate degree earners

USA. National Student Clearinghouse Center, January 2021

MoBSE, UNESCO discuss with education partners

Gambia. Voice, 18 January

Int'l education day: Adefulire commends Buhari over reduction in out of-school-children 

Nigeria. Vanguard, 24 January

Morocco signs two agreements to promote inclusive education

Morocco. Morocco World News, 24 January

Parents with disabilities face extra hurdles with kids' remote schooling

USA. NPR, 23 January

Safeguarding learning opportunities for children and youth worldwide – Both now and in the future

International. Relief Web, 25 January

Inclusive and equitable education in the Pacific

Pacific. Inter Press Service, 25 January

Somaliland’s ambitious plan to improve education in rural areas – International day of education

Somaliland. Busiweek, 26 January

Joint statement in commemoration of 2021 International Day of Education

Ghana. GhanaWeb, 26 January

Towards indigenous curricula

International. UNESCO, 2021

Webinar on resilient schools and disaster risk reduction education in the Southern Africa Region, 10 February

Africa. UNESCO, 10 February

Decolonising education for sustainable futures: Connecting decolonial and sustainable futures in education - Webinar 1, 10 February

International. UNESCO, 10 February

Knowledge production, access and governance - Fourth webinar of the Caribbean Futures of Education series, 2 February

Caribbean. UNESCO, 2 February

MOOC: Global citizenship education. youth, human rights and participation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 17 March-14 April

Latin America. UNESCO, 17 March-14 April

What will education look like in 20 years? Here are 4 scenarios

International. World Economic Forum, 28 January

Internationalisation goal set to be missed, says report

Sweden. University World News, 20 January

This is how we build a future-ready workforce for the post-COVID world

International. World Economic Forum, 27 January

UN International Day of Education: UAE educators told to focus on futuristic curriculum

UAE. Khaleej Times, 23 January

Post-pandemic learning: A chance to re-evaluate what higher-education means

Qatar. FE News, 25 January

Skills for jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth

United Kingdom. Department for Education, January 2021

Strengthening rural anchor institutions: Federal policy solutions for rural public colleges and the communities they serve

USA. Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, January 2021

Credential transparency & P-20W: Aligning education and employment information to meet state goals

USA. Credential Engine, 19 January

Prospects for children: a global outlook through 2025

International. UNICEF, January 2021

The future of learning and education, 9 February

USA. Columbia University, 9 February

University social responsibility: Priorities for the next decade (3-5 February)

South Africa. USRN, 3-5 February

Static and dynamic functional connectivity supports the configuration of brain networks associated with creative cognition

International. Scientific Reports, 8 January

Deep learning identifies partially overlapping subnetworks in the human social brain

International. Communications Biology, 14 January

Dopamine-based mechanism for transient forgetting

USA. Nature, 20 January

Engineering curriculum must include more inter-disciplinary courses

India. Times of India, 18 January

STEM education must be reformed to engage Indigenous youth

Canada. iPolitics, 18 January

Human bias is everywhere in tech. To fix it we need to reshape computer science education

USA. EdSurge, 25 January

Math and science performance of students in Europe and Central Asia. Lessons from the top performers

Europe, Asia. World Bank Blogs, 28 January

Secondary school students' basic STEM skill levels according to their self-perceptions: A scale adaptation

Turkey. Participatory Educational Research, January 2021

International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February

International. UNESCO, 11 February

Digital learning can help us close the global education gap. This is how

International. World Economic Forum, 26 January

COVID-19 exposed the digital divide. Here's how we can close it

International. World Economic Forum, 27 January

How blockchain could help the world meet the UN’s global goals in higher education

International. The Conversation, 19 January

Leveraging prior concept learning improves generalization from few examples in computational models of human object recognition

USA. Front. Comput. Neurosci., 12 January 2021

Learning with — and about — AI technology, 25 January (On-demand recording)

USA. MIT, 25 January

Waking up to the dawn of a new era: Reconceptualization of curriculum post Covid-19

Sümer Aktan
International. Prospects, 20 January

Trends in coverage of hygiene and disease prevention topics across national curriculum frameworks for primary science, physical education, and health

Daniel Morrish & Marc Neesam
International. Prospects, 20 January

The promise of curriculum in the post-Covid world: Eclecticism, deliberation, and a return to the practical and the prophetic

James P. Burns & Christopher Cruz
International. Prospects, 26 January 

The curriculum of the plague

Fernando Murillo
International. Prospects, 26 January

#Stayathome #Fiqueemcasa: Opportunities for new governances of public education in Brazil

Elizabeth Macedo
International. Prospects, 29 January

Can neuroscience help predict learning difficulties in children?

Jérôme Prado
International. IBE Science of Learning Portal

Bridging neuroscience of consciousness and education: Part I

Amedeo D’Angiulli
International. IBE Science of Learning Portal

Bridging neuroscience of consciousness and education: Part II

Amedeo D’Angiulli
International. IBE Science of Learning Portal

Engagement for learning

Paul Howard-Jones
International. IBE Science of Learning Portal

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