Follow up: Brown Bag | Education: Fostering Change or Protecting the Status Quo?

Professor Ginsburg

Professor Urquiola

We had a very interesting conversation with Professor Urquiola and Professor Ginsburg about the role of education in development and in overcoming inequality. Professor Urquiola presented an approach from an economics perspective and discussed how the design of an educational system influences the way in which inequality is passed down (or not passed down) from one generation to the next. Professor Ginsburg challenged us to think about education from a human rights perspective and offered an alternative set of "rules" that could be used to redefine the way citizens are educated.

Check the papers that the professors shared with us and the pictures of the event here.

Both professors shared with us the following papers that inspired their presentations: 

• Ginsburg, M. 2010. “Improving Aid Effectiveness or Transforming the Global Capitalist System.” Aid, Development, and Education 13 (1): 37–43. Download
• Ginsburg, Mark, Stephen F Moseley, and Mary Joy Pigozzi. 2010. “Introduction: Reforming Education for Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges.” Development 53 (4) (December): 451–456. doi:10.1057/dev.2010.81. Download
• MacLeod, W. B, and M. Urquiola. 2011. “Anti-Lemons: School Reputation, Relative Diversity, and Educational Quality.” Download

Looking forward to seeing you at our next event!