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View article: Examining pro-equity redesigns of educational quasi-markets: a mechanism-based approach to their effects
Examining pro-equity redesigns of educational quasi-markets: a mechanism-based approach to their effects Open
The redesign of educational quasi-market instruments has been gaining traction in response to the negative equity impacts of these policies, with various educational systems introducing adjustments in the design of school-choice schemes an…
View article: Catholic Schools in the Marketplace: Changing and Enduring Religious Identities
Catholic Schools in the Marketplace: Changing and Enduring Religious Identities Open
Despite controversies surrounding faith-based schooling, religious schools continue to play a prominent role in numerous education systems. Nonetheless, empirical research on nonstate religious schools operating in a market context remains…
View article: Still waiting for the (data) revolution. Examining supply-demand mismatches in the production of SDG 4 metrics
Still waiting for the (data) revolution. Examining supply-demand mismatches in the production of SDG 4 metrics Open
In the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, high hopes were placed in the production of global metrics. Such expectations rest upon two main assumptions: first, that global data demands will lead to an increase in domest…
View article: Markets in Education and School Segregation: Paths of Problematization and Reform
Markets in Education and School Segregation: Paths of Problematization and Reform Open
Over the last years, a broad consensus has been forged regarding the negative impact of market policies on educational equity, especially in terms of school segregation. The preoccupation with the equity effects of educational markets has …
View article: POST-DUAL TRAINING TRANSITIONS IN MEXICO: APPRENTICES’ STRATEGIES DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
POST-DUAL TRAINING TRANSITIONS IN MEXICO: APPRENTICES’ STRATEGIES DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN Open
The article explores how Covid-19 lockdown in Mexico affected the transitions of apprentices that completed the Mexican Model of Dual Training (MMDT) in 2020. The MMDT is a modality of technical and vocational education that combines work-…
View article: The politics of good enough data. Developments, dilemmas and deadlocks in the production of global learning metrics
The politics of good enough data. Developments, dilemmas and deadlocks in the production of global learning metrics Open
The indicator framework established for the monitoring of SDG4 is unambiguous on the need to advance in the production of global learning data. However, the production of SDG4 learning metrics has been riddled with technical and political …
View article: An organized anarchy? Understanding the role of German cooperation in the construction and export of the dual training model
An organized anarchy? Understanding the role of German cooperation in the construction and export of the dual training model Open
The role of German cooperation as a key force behind the worldwide dissemination of dual training is well‐established within the specialized literature. The multilayered and fragmented nature of the German cooperation landscape suggests th…
View article: The instrumentation of public subsidies for private schools: Different regulatory models with concurrent equity implications
The instrumentation of public subsidies for private schools: Different regulatory models with concurrent equity implications Open
The availability of public funding for private schools, in both primary and secondary education, has become a common feature in a number of OECD countries. The expansion of public subsidies for privately owned schools has consequences that…
View article: How and why policy design matters: understanding the diverging effects of public-private partnerships in education
How and why policy design matters: understanding the diverging effects of public-private partnerships in education Open
Despite Public-Private Partnerships’ (PPPs) growing popularity within education policy circles, research on their effects yields contradictory results. The understanding of PPP effects is limited by the prevalence of generalist analyses th…
View article: Understanding the PISA Influence on National Education Policies:
Understanding the PISA Influence on National Education Policies: Open
Over the last decades, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has acquired an increasingly relevant and authoritative role in the global governance of education. The influence of the OECD in education owes much t…
View article: Educating on a budget: The subsistence model of low-fee private schooling in Peru
Educating on a budget: The subsistence model of low-fee private schooling in Peru Open
Over the last decades, Peru has experienced an extraordinary rise of low-fee private schools (LFPSs). While global debates on the quality of this modality of schooling have been gaining currency, research on the organizational practices of…
View article: Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts
Experimenting with educational development: international actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts Open
International actors are increasingly active in promoting education reforms worldwide, but especially in contexts of vulnerability. As in a zero-sum game, the presence of international actors is expected to compensate for the budgetary and…
View article: The Growth And Spread Of Large-Scale Assessments And Test-Based Accountabilities: A Political Sociology Of Global Education Reforms
The Growth And Spread Of Large-Scale Assessments And Test-Based Accountabilities: A Political Sociology Of Global Education Reforms Open
The Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) is expanding internationally and reaching countries that seemed to be immune to this education reform approach until quite recently. Accordingly, more and more educational systems in the world ar…
View article: Meeting development goals: evidence from the Civil Society Education Fund
Meeting development goals: evidence from the Civil Society Education Fund Open
In recent years, the Civil Society Education Fund has supported national education civil society coalitions (NECs) in low-income countries so that they put pressure on governments and donors to implement the Education for All agenda and th…
View article: Evidence-Based Policy and the Education Privatization Debate: Analysing the Politics of Knowledge Production and Mobilization through Bibliographic Coupling
Evidence-Based Policy and the Education Privatization Debate: Analysing the Politics of Knowledge Production and Mobilization through Bibliographic Coupling Open
Education privatization is one of the most polarized areas in education policy research internationally. A swath of highly contradictory empirical research surrounds the issue of private involvement in education provision on a variety of r…
View article: Institutional habitus in context: implementation, development and impacts in two compulsory secondary schools in Barcelona
Institutional habitus in context: implementation, development and impacts in two compulsory secondary schools in Barcelona Open
This article aims to revisit the relationship between school-level variables and students' educational opportunities through the lens of institutional habitus. This approach is particularly well suited to explore the notion of school cultu…
View article: Political Economy of Educational Privatization: Policies, Trends and Paths from a Comparative Perspective
Political Economy of Educational Privatization: Policies, Trends and Paths from a Comparative Perspective Open
Over the last two decades, education privatization has taken on a global dimension. Countries with very different political and economical circumstances have come to adopt a variety of pro-private sector policies in education. The purpose …