Grading Goal Four : : Tensions, Threats, and Opportunities in the Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education / / edited by Antonia Wulff.

• TeilnehmendeR: Wulff, Antonia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• ISBN: 9004430369
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Antonia Wulff.

For the third time in three decades world leaders reaffirmed their promise of "Education For All" when adopting Sustainable Development Goal 4 in 2015. It is the most far-reaching commitment to quality and equity in education so far, yet, there is no consensus on what the agenda means in practice. With a decade left until the 2030 deadline, Grading Goal Four calls upon the education community to engage more thoughtfully and critically with SDG 4 and related efforts. As an ever-growing number of actors and initiatives claim to contribute to its achievement, it is becoming clear that the ambitious but broad priorities within the goal are vulnerable to cherry-picking and misrepresentation, placing it at the heart of tensions between instrumentalist and rights-based approaches to education. This text, a critical analysis of SDG 4, provides a framework for examining trends and developments in education globally. As the first volume that examines early implementation efforts under SDG 4, Grading Goal Four formulates a critique along with strategies for moving forward. By scrutinising the challenges, tensions and power dynamics shaping SDG 4, it advances rights-based perspectives and strategies for effective implementation and builds capacity for strengthened monitoring and analysis of the goal.