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PEHRC’s resource hub brings together key evidence on the challenges faced by our public education systems globally, including the privatisation in and of education, for policymakers, researchers and education advocates.
Key Resource on the Right to Education
The Abidjan Principles
The Abidjan Principles are a tool for governments, courts and education advocates to defend education as a human right.
Developed through extensive consultations across five continents, the Principles clarify States' obligations to provide public education and to regulate private actors.
Resource Library
Polítiques de tria i assignació d’escola: quins efectes tenen sobre la segregació escolar?
Type: Opinion Piece
Author(s): Miquel Àngel Alegre
Publisher(s): Fundació Jaume Bofill
Language(s): Spanish
Guide to: Human rights guiding principles on state obligations regarding private schools
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): RTE, OSF & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): RTE, OSF & GI-ESCR
Language(s): English
From Free to Fee - Are For-Profit, Fee-Charging, Private Schools the solution for the world’s poor?
Type: Research
Author(s): William C. Smith et al.
Publisher(s): RESULTS Educational Fund
Language(s): English
The Network for Public Education Toolkit: School Privatization Explained
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): The Network for Public Education
Publisher(s): The Network for Public Education
Language(s): English
Schooling the poor profitably: the innovations and deprivations of Bridge International Academies in Uganda
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Curtis Riep & Mark Machacek
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Hidden Markets in the Digital Age
Type: Research
Author(s): Patricia Burch
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
The critical choice in American education: Privatization or public investment? In Global education reform (pp. 131–168). Routledge.
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Global Education Reform How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Global Education Reform How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Routledge
Language(s): English
Private Profit, Public Loss: why the push for low-fee private schools is throwing quality education off track
Type: Research
Author(s): Global Campaign Education (GCE)
Publisher(s): Global Campaign Education (GCE)
Language(s): English
Low-Fee Private Schools and the right to education
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): Jo Walker & Shaharazad Abuel-Ealeh
Publisher(s): Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Language(s): English
A Methodological Guide to Human Rights Research & Advocacy on the Role of Private Actors in Education
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR )& Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Publisher(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Language(s): English, French
Pearson and PALF: The mutating giant
Type: Research
Author(s): Carolina Junemann & Stephen J. Ball
Publisher(s): Education International (EI)
Language(s): English
Protecting the right to education against commercialisation
Type: Research
Author(s): Kishore Singh
Publisher(s): United Nations (UN)
Language(s): English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian
Private Actors in Education & Human Rights: A Practical Methodology to Tackle the Negative Effects of Privatisation in Education on the Right to Education (1/3)
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): RTE, PERI & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Language(s): English, French
Case-Studies on Parallel Reporting to Tackle Privatisation in Education (3/3)
Type: Briefing & Policy Papers
Author(s): RTE, PERI & GI-ESCR
Publisher(s): Open Society Foundations
Language(s): English
Privatisation of Schools - Selling Out the Right to Quality Public Education for All
Type: Toolkits & Guides
Author(s): Carol Anne Spreen et al.
Publisher(s): Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT)
Language(s): English
Whose choice?: Student experiences and outcomes in the New Orleans school marketplace. Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
Type: Research
Author(s): Frank Adamson et al.
Publisher(s): Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
Language(s): English
Privatisation in Early Childhood Education (PECE)
Type: Research
Author(s): Mathias Urban & Clara Inés Rubiano
Publisher(s): Education International
Language(s): English
Privatisation of Education: Global Trends of Human Rights Impact
Type: Research
Author(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Publisher(s): Right to Education Initiative (RTE)
Language(s): English
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