Experts See Grim Picture in State of Arab World Education

On February 12, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings launched the Arab World Learning Barometer, a new report and online interactive that show how the challenges in providing good-quality education in the Middle East and North Africa threaten to undermine the region's economic growth and political stability. Expert panelists discussed the links between education and employment, with a special focus on the region's youth bulge and its particular implications. Get full event audio and video here. A recap of the opening portion of the event appears below. More...