The Potential for Charity-Business Alliances to Advance Education

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The Untapped Opportunity: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Advance Education for All, by George Ingram, Annababette Wils, Bidemi Carrol, and Felicity Townsend, looks at the state of education around the world. The publication focuses on four questions surrounding “school gaps,” or disparities in the quality and amount of education children receive: “What are the gaps in the provision of high-quality schooling for all children? Do the trends in entry and completion show a closing of school gaps? What resources are needed to close the gaps? How can and should public-private partnerships play a role?” The authors discuss how businesses can work with charities and government to improve education and what each type of organization must contribute.

Publisher: Academy for Educational Development, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; (202) 884-8000; fax (202) 884-8400; web@aed.org; http://www.aed.org; 57 pages; available free for download on the academy’s Web site.