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Considers the challenges of achieving universal basic and secondary education globally. This work discusses the state of education and how to measure global educational progress, the history of compulsory education, political and financial obstacles to expanding education, the role of educational assessment in developing countries, and more.
Review:
--Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer
--Stephen P. Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy, Vanderbilt University
--Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and author of "Can Asians Think?"
" This is among the most interesting books on education and development I have read in a decade. I welcome its publication and intend to recommend it to friends, make it required reading for graduate students, and cite it often in my own work." --Stephen P. Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy, Vanderbilt University
" "Educating All Children: A Global Agenda" is a timely reminder of the importance of universal access to education in the fight against poverty. There are very real challenges that must be overcome to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal education by 2015: today hundreds of millions children do not go to school. We know what quality education can achieve. We can afford it and we cannot afford not to do it." --Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer
" In this rapidly shrinking and increasingly troubled world of ours, the goal of universal education is no longer a national concern but a global imperative. Each pool of illiteracy and ignorance provides opportunities for global destabilization. Curiously, humanity has long agreed on the goal of universal education but failed to deliver. The rich essays in this book explain what went wrong. But they also provide hope that the job can be done. I urge all educationists and policymakers to read this book with great care and attention." --Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and author of "Can Asians Think?"
& quot; This is among the most interesting books on education and development I have read in a decade. I welcome its publication and intend to recommend it to friends, make it required reading for graduate students, and cite it often in my own work.& quot; -- Stephen P. Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy, Vanderbilt University
& quot; Educating All Children: A Global Agenda is a timely reminder of the importance of universal access to education in the fight against poverty. There are very real challenges that must be overcome to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal education by 2015: today hundreds of millions children do not go to school. We know what quality education can achieve. We can afford it and we cannot afford not to do it.& quot; --Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer
& quot; In this rapidly shrinking and increasingly troubled world of ours, the goal of universal education is no longer a national concern but a global imperative. Each pool of illiteracy and ignorance provides opportunities for global destabilization. Curiously, humanity has long agreed on the goal of universal education but failed to deliver. The rich essays in this book explain what went wrong. But they also provide hope that the job can be done. I urge all educationists and policymakers to read this book with great care and attention.& quot; -- Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and author of Can Asians Think?
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