The first volume of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) is dedicated to examining international frameworks and national policy as well as the challenges of fulfilling the right to education in practice. The Issue is divided into six parts, each focusing on a specific theme of right to education policy and practice. In part 1, authors take a global perspective in highlighting the experience, opportunities, and challenges with the implementation of global normative and legal frameworks for on ensuring the right to education for all. Part 2 delves more deeply into the historical evolution and reconceptualisation of education for the progressive expansion of the right to education. Beyond the global discussion, authors bring contextualised perspectives from India, South Africa, and China. In the third part of the Issue articles present the challenges encountered at the national level in Brazil, South Africa, and India, with the implementation of international frameworks, legal standards, policy goals and domestic legislation on right to education. In part 4, contributions exemplify the engagement of various stakeholders, from regulatory bodies to parents and community, in ensuring and holding the government to account for the provision of the right to education. Within part 5, authors with diverse perspectives highlight imperative debates and experiences concerning private sector engagement in the provision of education and in guaranteeing the right to education to all. The concluding part of the Issue brings attention to the challenges faced by specific marginalised populations in accessing their right to education - street children in Brazil, refugees, Roma populations in Europe, mobile populations in India, and indigenous peoples of Canada.