ERIC Number: EJ1041801
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Publication Date: 2014-Sep
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Equity in Education: The Case of UNICEF and the Need for Participative Debate
Klees, Steven J.; Qargha, Omar
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v44 n3 p321-333 Sep 2014
Equity is the most significant problem educators face. Very large inequities and inequalities persist in both education and society. Why? What can be done about them? While much has been written about these issues, progress is very slow and there is little agreement on why or what to do. While this article cannot resolve these questions, it raises five important issues concerning them: inter-agency contradictions concerning equity and global education policy; EFA and the MDGs; privatization and public-private partnerships; evidence-based policy; and the right to education. The article tackles the case of UNICEF, which has recently decided to focus its efforts on equity in education. In the conclusions which are drawn throughout, the article emphasizes the need for widespread, highly participative debates to answer the questions of why educators have made so little progress and what they can do to make more.
Descriptors: Debate, Equal Education, International Organizations, Teacher Role, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Educational Opportunities, Educational Practices, Barriers, Agency Cooperation, Educational Policy, Global Education, Privatization, Partnerships in Education, Best Practices, Civil Rights, Organizational Objectives
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Language: English
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