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Education for All

October 26, 2004

Carol Bellamy executive director, UNICEF

Elaine Wolfensohn The World Bank

Vivien Stewart vice president, education, Asia Society

Gene Sperling director, Center on Universal Education

Fernando Reimers professor, director, International Education, HGSE

Fernando Reimers, associate professor of education at HGSE moderates this conversation on universal primary education. Panelists discuss why children across the world, particularly girls, children from poor societies, children who work, and children in conflict - do not have access to a basic education, why they should, and what's being done about it. Dean Ellen Condliffe Lagemann will introduce the distinguished speakers which include: Carol Bellamy, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Gene Sperling, director of the Center on Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations; Vivien Stewart, vice president for Education, Asia Society; and Elaine Wolfensohn, World Bank.

Topics: Education

Tags: child labor | class | Culture | poor | United Nations Children's Fund | Classroom & Community | Community Building | Education Reform | Primary Education | Professional Development

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