<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>FYI.  NORRAG (<a href="https://www.norrag.org/">https://www.norrag.org/</a>) just published a blog of mine on UNESCO's 2021/22 Global Education Monitoring Report on non-state actors in education.  The Report has some things to commend it but I find it falls far short of what is needed as well as reflect on the privatization of education more broadly.  A quote from my blog: "Privatization is a scourge."  </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.norrag.org/the-privatization-of-education-reflections-on-unescos-gem-report-on-non-state-actors/" target="_blank">https://www.norrag.org/the-privatization-of-education-reflections-on-unescos-gem-report-on-non-state-actors/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,85,151)">Steven J. Klees</span></p>

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