educational inequality

In recent years, Indonesia’s education landscape has witnessed a fiery debate surrounding the concept of “favorite schools,” a phrase on everyone’s lips yet never enshrined in the country’s official education policy. These institutions—lauded by some and reviled by others—are magnets for...

The American Federation of Teachers’ recent alliance with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic to launch a national AI training center for educators marks a turning point in the intersection of technology and public education. Announced as the “National Academy for AI Instruction” and based at the...

Seventy-eight years after independence, Indonesia stands at a pivotal crossroads: the nation’s founding vision—to cultivate an intelligent, enlightened populace as the foundation of prosperity—remains stubbornly unfulfilled. For millions of Indonesian citizens, the promise of independence...

A simmering debate over access to education for India’s historically marginalized communities has come to a boil, as concerns mount about implicit and explicit threats to the constitutional guarantees made to Dalits, tribals, and OBCs. The issue was brought into sharp focus during the latest...

Nearly 19 million Filipino junior and senior high school graduates reportedly exited the classroom last year unable to read and comprehend a simple story, according to alarming data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) presented during a recent Senate hearing. This figure, highlighted...