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Corruption is at the core of weak governance. In the education sector, corruption is a threat to the quality of and access to education. Although the diagnosis is straightforward, effective reforms are more difficult to implement. The principles of...

The school governance environment is an important determinant of schooling quality and thus of development. This article explores how school governance is influenced by teacher unions and teacher politicians by presenting evidence on the political...

The article focuses on the implementation of the international standards and national regulatory frameworks to recognize the human right to education. It states the three principles to be considered for preventing corruption in education such as non...

The Corruption Watch schools campaign started at the beginning of the 2013 academic year. Monitoring of schools was a major focus for us in 2013 - through 2012, from our launch in January up to the beginning of the schools campaign we had received...

How to hold autonomous schools and school governing boards accountable for their decisions and performance has become a particularly pressing question for central governments in many OECD countries. Increasing complexity in education systems has led...

Freedom of information laws and the obligation to provide explanations assure citizens of the right to obtain information as well as rationales from public authorities about their decisions. Little has been written about intra-organizational...

This case study describes the policy-making process in Australia leading to the public release of information on every school in Australia through the My School website. Policy lessons are described to provide insight for OECD member countries which...

The main objectives of the research were: (1) to assess citizen awareness and understanding of manifestations and forms of corruption and their effects on the quality of education; (2) to enhance awareness, knowledge, understanding and analysis of...

This cross-national study assesses the character and frequency of private informal payments made by families on behalf of their children attending primary and secondary schools in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Slovakia, and...