Innovation and Knowledge Utilization to Close Equity Gaps in Education

Over the last sixty years, the world has witnessed a remarkable transformation in educational opportunity. The inclusion of education as one of the fundamental rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948, and the ensuing creation of a global architecture to support the achievement of this right, transformed humanity. Whereas sixty years ago the vast majority of the world‟s children did not have the opportunity to set foot in a school, today most of them do. The most dramatic expansion took place in the developing world, as early industrialized nations had been working to universalize schooling longer.