What can we learn from the past 50 years of education-for-development in Africa for the Beyond 2015 debate?

In all the talk about international development targets beyond 2015, I am particularly concerned about two things.  First, that the voices of educationalists regarding the nature of education and its role in development are being reduced to simple soundbites based on overstatement of certain effects of education. Second, that the discussion on what works is …