Desmond Bermingham

Director #Education Global Initiative Save the Children International. Tweets are my own.

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Great blog by Meredy at Save the Children US on education post 2015 goals: 'Bold, Inspiring and Ambitious': http://t.co/LizIfMve97

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Just got back from GEM @unesco. Broad agreement on post 2015 goal and targets. Need to focus now on indicators & close the rich/poor gap.

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Academy Award for Teachers. US$1 million for the world's best teacher. https://t.co/fttDVtQvqg

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On winning team in transformation challenge. Our strategy:recruit top grads as teachers and pay them more. Save money on big ICT projects.

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BLOG: Transformation Challenge – the winners | Global Education & Skills Forum https://t.co/aku9qTUjPP

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Turning tragedy to hope. Proud to be on @GESForum panel with Dr Izzeldin as he spoke about his daughters' death in Gaza @DaughtersforLif.

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Bill Clinton inspires at @GESForum

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Inspired by Shabana's story last night @GESF. She told how she and her family
had literally risked their lives to access education.

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A reminder from Jasmine Whitbread of why this discussion matters so much for millions of children affected by conflict in the Syria crisis.

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In Dubai for the @GESForum. Some big names and great brains here to find new ways of getting education to poorest and marginalised children.

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Your chance to tweet questions @billclinton, Irina Bokova, @SalilShetty + @SchleicherEDU @GESForum using #AskGESF

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Looking forward to #GESF to discuss challenges and find solutions to provide #education in emergencies @GESForum

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Students, teachers, schools & universities are intentionally targeted for attack in conflicts worldwide @GCPEAtweets http://t.co/VjuuZiHwTL

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>1000 attacks on schools+unis+teachers+students in Afghanistan Colombia Pakistan Somalia Sudan&Syria btwn09-12 #GCPEA http://t.co/VjuuZiHwTL

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Great discussion on domestic financing for #GlobalEdu How do we make sure poor kids get their fair share and learn?

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Second panel all agree that we must address inequities in education budgets - @JuliaGillardPR gave examples of Aus solutions to problem.

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@ClaudiaCostin has 60,000+ followers and uses Twitter every day to communicate with her head teachers - and parents can see what she says!

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Inspirational presentation from Claudia Costin on 155 Schools of the Future in Rio favellas - poor kids can succeed!