THE EPPE NETWORK BLOG
Keep up-to-date with network activities and read succinct, accessible pieces related to equity in education and public policy.

Youth transitions in the midst of pandemic: what role for apprenticeships in Mexico?
By Ellen Vanderhoven “To kill the virus, we have to kill the economy, because the economy is about social interactions, which is exactly...

Tackling Gender Stereotypes in Glasgow’s ELC Sector: Implementing The Gender Friendly Nursery
By Megan Birman Research produced in collaboration with Susie Heywood and Barbara Adzajlic of the Glasgow City HSCP As more children are...

Black Lives Matter: Addressing Racial Inequity in the U.S. Education System
Nationwide conversations on police brutality and racial bias in policing are long overdue, but these conversations cannot focus on policing

The Scottish Curriculum and Minority Representation
By Farah Farzana In recent years, I have observed Scottish education and its relationship to minority representation from many angles: as...

School Education in the Era of Covid-19
Regrettably, educational systems have not been spared from the effects of the COVID-19 virus as schools around the globe are being closed.


Democratization and Expansion of the Private: Barriers to Equity in Brazilian Higher Education
By Mariana Kakarakis Over the past decades, marketization-focused public policies have significantly transformed higher education systems...

Hungry and Homeless at University? Unveiling Food Insecurity in Higher Education
By Dakota Maxwell-Jones While catching up with friends at UC Berkeley recently, the conversation turned to how accommodation shortages...

Three Generations of EPPE Students Celebrate Graduation
18th December 2019 This month, another cohort of successful students graduated from the MSc Education, Public Policy and Equity programme...

The Digital Divide in India: Narrowing or Widening?
By Panchalee Tamulee “Like globalization and urbanization, ‘digitalization’ has already changed the world. The rapid proliferation of...

Crossing Boundaries Between Research and Practice...
...A Response to 'Using Research to Promote Equity in Education' By Sarah Kingstone and Ellen Vanderhoven Last week, a number of EPPE...

EPPE Network Welcomes New Masters Cohort
By Ellen Vanderhoven This week I had the pleasure of welcoming the newest cohort of students to the MSc Education, Public Policy and...

Soft Skills in Today’s Teaching: A Brief Reflection
By Dr Fraño Paukner Nogués In 2007, a report published by McKinsey (How the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top) made...

EPPE_Lab Enters Data Collection Phase
Returning from the summer break, this week we update you on our action research project EPPE_Lab. The EPPE_Lab project is well underway...

EPPE_Lab Goes From Strength to Strength
This week, teachers participating in our action research project - EPPE_Lab - completed their third training module and selected their...

Addressing Educational Inequalities in the Classroom...
...or how to start reconciling teacher quality with social justice By Alejandro Paniagua Teachers have historically been seen as...

EPPE_Lab Launches with First Participatory Action Research Training Course in Chile
This week, the first iteration of Education, Public Policy and Equity Laboratory (EPPE_Lab) was launched at the Universidad Católica del...

EPPE Network Seeks International Advisers for EPPE_Lab Chile 2019
We are delighted to announce that this week, EPPE_Lab Chile 2019 officially launched at the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN) in...

Talking About Tragedy in the Classroom
By Sarah Kingstone Reports of recent tragedies have been especially difficult to read. Innocent lives have been taken. The motives appear...






















