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Switzerland leads WIPO's 2026 Global Innovation Index for a 16th year as global R&D spending climbs toward $3.4 trillion, even as researcher density varies 50-fold by region.
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WIPO's 2026 Global Innovation Index Finds R&D Spending Rising, but Researcher Density Still Differs Nearly 50-Fold by Region

WIPO's 19th Global Innovation Index and new UNESCO research data show global R&D spending climbing, but researcher numbers per capita still…

EduFabTech · 1d ago · 3 min read
A diverging-lines chart shows the gap between projected teaching posts needed and teachers actually in the system, widening toward 44 million by 2030.
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A Year After the Santiago Consensus, Teacher Shortages Are Still Widening, OECD and UNESCO Data Show

OECD and UNESCO data show teacher attrition, unfilled posts and underqualified staffing rising across very different school systems a year …

EduFabTech · 21 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
A curriculum document being scanned for climate and biodiversity keywords, showing how rarely they light up, alongside headline stats: 73% of curricula have some green content but only 34% address climate and none reach "significant" depth.
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A New UN Indicator Finds Climate Content Is Still Thin in Most National School Curricula

A new UN-recognised indicator scans the actual text of national curriculum frameworks rather than relying on self-reporting. It finds most …

EduFabTech · 20 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A reversing trend line shows the global out-of-school population falling by a third to 2015, then rising for a 7th straight year to 273 million in 2024.
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UNESCO's 2026 Monitoring Report Finds Out-of-School Numbers Rising for a Seventh Straight Year

UNESCO's 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report — the first in a new Countdown to 2030 series — finds 273 million children and youth were …

EduFabTech · 16 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
More Than 25 Countries Sign UNESCO's AI-in-Education Statement, But Guidance Still Lags Behind Classroom Use
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More Than 25 Countries Sign UNESCO's AI-in-Education Statement, But Guidance Still Lags Behind Classroom Use

At UNESCO's Digital Learning Week 2026 in Paris, more than 25 education ministers signed a non-binding statement on AI in schools. UNESCO's…

EduFabTech · 13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read