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Grading Goal Four
Tensions, Threats, and Opportunities in the Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education
Editor:
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.
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.
Antonia Wulff is a Coordinator at Education International and led EIâs advocacy in the negotiations on the SDGs. She is a board member of the Global Campaign for Education and has a background in the European student movement.
"Even in these troubling times, the Sustainable Development Goal for education will be the guide for education policy around the world between now and 2030. Grading Goal Four is a tour de force, critically examining the past and future of SDG4. Antonia Wullf has gathered a brilliant array of scholars and activists who put the right to education at the forefront in understanding the challenges, tensions, and possibilities SDG4 offers. This is must reading for anyone concerned with education today!" - Steven Klees, Professor of International Education Policy, University of Maryland, and Former President, Comparative and International Education Society
Foreword
Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Commentary
part 1
The Charter System
1âThe Drafting of the 1961 European Social Charter
ââAnna Panarella
2âThe Reform of the European Social Charter
ââStefano Angeleri and RóisÃn Dunbar
3âPerspectives on the Evolution of the European Social Charter System
ââVictor Guset
4âThe General Structure of the European Social Charter
ââBarbara Kresal
part 2
European and National Guarantees Regarding the Application of the Charter
5âThe Follow-Up to the Decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights
ââBenoît Petit
6âThe Implementation of the European Social Charter by National Authorities
ââGiovanni Cavaggion
7âThe European Social Charterâs Applicability by National Courts
ââManuel Fontaine Campos, Catarina Santos Botelho and Bruno Mestre
part 3
The Spirit of the Charter
8âThe European Social Charter and the Theory of Human Rights Law
ââMarta-Claudia Cliza, Carole Nivard, Laura-Cristiana SpÄtaru-NegurÄ
9âThe Methods for Interpreting the European Social Charter
ââCsilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
10âThe Values Underlying the European Social Charter
ââBige Açımuz and Olgun Akbulut
11âEconomic Policies and the European Social Charter
ââBerrin Ceylan Ataman and Gözde Atasayan
12âThe Protection of Vulnerable People in the Charter System
ââKatarzyna Dunaj and Joanna Ryszka
part 4
The European Social Charter and Other Sources of International and European Human Rights Law
13âThe European Social Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights
ââChristina Deliyanni-Dimitrakou
14âThe European Social Charter and the European Union
ââMarco Rocca
15âThe European Social Charter and the Standards of the International Labour Organization
ââE. Murat Engin and Gaye Burcu Yıldız
16âThe European Social Charter and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ââEffrosyni Bakirtzi
Selected Bibliography
Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Commentary
part 1
The Charter System
1âThe Drafting of the 1961 European Social Charter
ââAnna Panarella
2âThe Reform of the European Social Charter
ââStefano Angeleri and RóisÃn Dunbar
3âPerspectives on the Evolution of the European Social Charter System
ââVictor Guset
4âThe General Structure of the European Social Charter
ââBarbara Kresal
part 2
European and National Guarantees Regarding the Application of the Charter
5âThe Follow-Up to the Decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights
ââBenoît Petit
6âThe Implementation of the European Social Charter by National Authorities
ââGiovanni Cavaggion
7âThe European Social Charterâs Applicability by National Courts
ââManuel Fontaine Campos, Catarina Santos Botelho and Bruno Mestre
part 3
The Spirit of the Charter
8âThe European Social Charter and the Theory of Human Rights Law
ââMarta-Claudia Cliza, Carole Nivard, Laura-Cristiana SpÄtaru-NegurÄ
9âThe Methods for Interpreting the European Social Charter
ââCsilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
10âThe Values Underlying the European Social Charter
ââBige Açımuz and Olgun Akbulut
11âEconomic Policies and the European Social Charter
ââBerrin Ceylan Ataman and Gözde Atasayan
12âThe Protection of Vulnerable People in the Charter System
ââKatarzyna Dunaj and Joanna Ryszka
part 4
The European Social Charter and Other Sources of International and European Human Rights Law
13âThe European Social Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights
ââChristina Deliyanni-Dimitrakou
14âThe European Social Charter and the European Union
ââMarco Rocca
15âThe European Social Charter and the Standards of the International Labour Organization
ââE. Murat Engin and Gaye Burcu Yıldız
16âThe European Social Charter and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ââEffrosyni Bakirtzi
Selected Bibliography
All interested in the threats and opportunities within SDG 4 on quality education, including researchers, students and education activists in academia, civil society, government policy-making and international educational diplomacy.