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Ivan Matovich
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Researcher in Education Policy, Globalisation & Non-state actors | Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 & Melbourne 🇦🇺
They call it 'teacher shortage'. It's poor conditions. Countries train teachers, but people can't work like this anymore.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Culture of disrespect’: Australian teachers say students’ behaviour is driving them from profession
Government review is welcome but teachers say their needs must be considered to arrest dramatic decline in retention rates
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
New paper! Which philanthropic and other non-state actors fund girls' and women's education in Asia, what are their networks, and which have the most influence?

Just when international Official Development Assistance is cut and gender-equity agendas undermined...
March 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New times for philanthro-politics of education. Blurry (or none?) boundaries between donating, funding, investing and governing with dollars.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk donated $288 million in 2024 election, final tally shows
The official count of Musk’s donations further cemented him as the country’s largest -— and most prominent — donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Reposted by Ivan Matovich
Billionaires are multiplying and it's not why you think it is. So much billionaire wealth is taken, not earned. An estimated 60% of their wealth is amassed through inheritance, monopoly power, and crony connections. More on this extreme wealth inequality: fortune.com/2025/01/22/h...
Billionaires are multiplying, and 60% earn their wealth through 'inheritance, cronyism, or monopoly power'
Donald Trump's policies, such as tax breaks, could make them even wealthier'
fortune.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Among them, the Secretary of Education.
Trump's billionaire Cabinet picks have huge sums of money tangled up in the industries they're tasked with overseeing.

Can we really trust that they will act in the public interest?
Trump's Cabinet is Rich as Hell | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by Ivan Matovich
In light of the G20 Summit in Brazil this week, here's my recent paper with Ivan Matovich analysing the role of the T20 and the G20 as new global education policy actors.

www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

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The G20 and the Think 20 as new global education policy actors? Discursive analysis of roles and policy ideas | Emerald Insight
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www.emerald.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 PM