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School Friend of UNICEF Year of publication: 2006 Corporate author: UNICEF Spain This infographic presents the program in which each school establishes a personalized commitment to UNICEF in the form of a collaboration agreement by which they undertake, depending on their circumstances, interests and capacity, to carry out different awareness-raising and fundraising activities throughout the school year. The activities can be framed within the GOTAS UNICEF school campaign or directed to an emergency humanitarian action campaign proposed by UNICEF. 
Singapore’s educational reforms toward holistic outcomes: (Un)intended consequences of policy layering Year of publication: 2023 Author: Dennis Kwek | Jeanne Ho | Hwei Ming Wong Corporate author: Center for Universal Education at Brookings In the transition from economic imperatives to holistic drivers, there has been a gradual move over five policy phases (from 1965 to 2022 and beyond) toward curriculum and school diversification to cater to different students, with more autonomy given to schools to innovate their pedagogy and improve instructional quality to meet their students’ unique needs. Importantly, there has been a shift in policy rhetoric from focusing on educational structures to focusing on pedagogy and instructional quality. To shift pedagogy from being mainly didactic in nature—with emphasis on preparing students for national examination—the Singapore government recognized the need to focus on school leaders’ and teachers’ capacity building to enable new curricula and teaching practices. The school cluster structure was initiated in 1997 to enable collaboration and learning among school leaders, key personnel, and teachers. Opportunities for collaborative teacher learning are provided at different ecological levels: professional learning communities (PLCs) within schools and networked learning communities (NLCs) across schools. Beyond the education system, the Singapore government works with other ministries and community organizations, such as ethnic self-help organizations, to tackle educational equity issues. Ultimately, even though the official policy narrative post-1997 has been a de-emphasis on examination results and educational infrastructure to help improve the instructional quality in schools toward holistic outcomes and improved student well-being have been developed, education systems building co-exists with an alternative underlying shadow education system valued by parents who continue to chase narrow academic outcomes. Tuition and enrichment centers in Singapore constitute the shadow education system. 
The Comprehensive Learning Diagnosis: Chile’s approach to assess socio-emotional learning in schools Year of publication: 2023 Author: José Weinstein | Juan Bravo Corporate author: Center for Universal Education at Brookings Education in Chile has important challenges of quality, equity, and social integration. For decades, policies tried to respond to these concerns with a high-stakes accountability institutional framework, which has not had success. The underlying vision of educational quality was limited. The assessment system in place privileged cognitive and academic dimensions of educational results. Socio-emotional learning had been neglected or considered secondary, without an infrastructure of assessment tools that allowed teachers and principals to diagnosis students’ situations and monitor their progress. The COVID-19 crisis was an opportunity for change: Students’ socioemotional needs were a main concern for schools and society, and the regular accountability system based on standardized tests was interrupted. Subsequently, the Comprehensive Learning Diagnosis (DIA) was launched by the Education Quality Agency. The DIA is a voluntary assessment tool made available to all Chilean schools. The DIA promotes the comprehensive development of students, providing timely information and guidance to internally monitor students’ learning in the academic and socio-emotional domains at several points during the school year. Specifically, with respect to socio-emotional learning, three areas were considered: personal, community, and citizenship. In each of these areas, a set of socioemotional skills were defined, operationalized, and became possible to monitor by school communities. The DIA also collects students’ opinions of school management practices regarding socio-emotional skills. The DIA has received a wide acceptance in school communities. Despite being voluntary, an ample majority of schools decided to participate. The information collected from the DIA allows for practical use by principals and teachers. Moreover, the DIA provides the opportunity for students to inform school management. The new Chilean government has decided to strengthen DIA as an important component in a four-year national plan for reactivating academic and socio-emotional learning in schools. The previous high-stakes accountability system, which involved external assessments, has been suspended and is under discussion. The DIA experience has shown that critical social and educational situations can provide fertile ground to motivate deep and rapid transformation, if an educational actor (in this case the Education Quality Agency) is capable of enacting a pertinent, timely, and practical response to school needs. The DIA is not only an example of productive uses of students´ assessment by schools, but also a demonstration that it is possible to build an institutional arrangement among local, intermediate, and national levels of school systems, where a vertical hierarchy is changed by a collaborative relationship based on local agency, mutual trust, and differentiated technical contributions. 
Tradition, Stigma and Inclusion: Overcoming Obstacles to Educational Access in Tajikistan Year of publication: 2013 Author: Manzura T. Juraeva | Benjamin Gatling In this article, the authors summarize their observations on the implementation of inclusive education in Tajikistan through the case study of a rural woman and her disabled son. The case study demonstrates a mother's victory over social and structural barriers to the implementation of inclusive education, and shows how community organizations and individual parents can change social policy from within, act in the best interests of their children, and win. 
A Path to Inclusive Education in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan Year of publication: 2013 Author: Nils Joseph Kauffman | Larisa A. Popova The article examines the challenges faced by initiators of inclusive education in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The research was conducted in qualitative methodology, in a case study strategy, and the object was a small school in Petropavlovsk, which has ten years of experience in including students with motor disabilities in the regular educational process. The study of this school's experience shows that the inclusion of students with special educational needs can lead to broader integration, since children with emotional and behavioral disorders now also study at the school. The difficulties of implementing inclusion are analyzed, and it is shown that the success of this educational project is largely due to the cooperation between the rehabilitation center under the Ministry of Social Protection and the public school. 
Leave No One Behind: Equity and Inclusion in Education at UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Bangkok (UNESCO Bangkok) Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok Equity and inclusion in education ensures a process intended to respond to students’ diversity by increasing their participation and reducing exclusion within and from education. 
The Role of Education in Preventing Violent Radicalisation: A Review for Europe (The Journal of Education; No.397, 2022) Year of publication: 2022 Author: Arantxa Azqueta | Adoración Merino-Arribas Corporate author: Spain. Ministry of Education This research analyses government documents addressing the prevention of radicalisation in 16 European countries, differentiated according to the presence or absence of fatalities in attacks. The aim to identify the presence of the attitudes which PISA 2018 identifies as key to define a democratic and interculturally competent citizenry and guide integration-friendly policies: openness, respect, civic awareness, responsibility, self-efficacy and tolerance. A comparative methodology is employed, using a lexicographical content analysis through Iramuteq software together with a critical-interpretative analysis of the texts. 
Tools for a More Inclusive Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Chile. Ministry of Education This document presents a conceptual framework to help the different educational teams deployed at the national level to devise and implement inclusive practices in their daily management, in their ways of living together and in their teaching-learning processes. This, within the framework of the promulgation of Law 20,845, modifies the General Education Law (N°20,370/2009) in its article 4, adding that “It is the duty of the State to strive to ensure quality inclusive education for all people. 
Children with Disabilities in Remote Regions of Tajikistan Have No Access to Quality Education Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: CABAR.asia Parents of children with disabilities from remote villages in Khatlon Province are concerned about their children’s education conditions, but authorities say all are covered. 
Safe, seen and included: report on school-based sexuality education Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO <Short summary>Why we must empower all learners through inclusive comprehensive sexuality education This report highlights the critical need for inclusive comprehensive sexuality education that embraces diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions to create a safe and inclusive learning environment for all learners. While progress has been made globally in promoting and implementing high-quality comprehensive sexuality education, there are still shortcomings in evidence-based curriculum and delivery, and discrimination based on sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions remains prevalent and harmful.Through insightful analysis, case studies and exemplary practices from various countries, this report offers valuable recommendations to policy-makers, educators, and civil society groups. It emphasizes the significance of pre-service and in-service teacher training, as well as effective monitoring, to ensure the wellbeing of learners in all their diversity. By embracing these recommendations, we can unlock the gendertransformative power of education, fostering holistic development and providing a supportive space for all learners.