UVa's Carter G. Woodson Institute continues its series on 'Engaging Race'
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American Studies held its second forum on Thursday, of the year-long program, “Engaging Race: A Carter G. Woodson Forum,” which is a series of dialogues and...
View ArticleWho needs classrooms?
Education in India is woefully deficient, both quantitatively and qualitatively. That is hardly a novel observation. Indeed, it is the reason Pratham, the organization I head, was founded in 1994, with...
View ArticleRoom to Read Uncovers 10 Key Findings on Global Education
By Helping to Educate 10 Million Children Global Nonprofit Learns What It Takes to Succeed SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Room to Read, a global organization focused on...
View ArticleInvesting in world's girls
Secondary-school girls do schoolwork in the Nathan Yip Dormitory for Girls at Idetemya Secondary School in northern Tanzania. The school was built by the Africa School Assistance Project. (Zach Swett,...
View ArticleAfghan activist who dressed as boy to defy Taliban calls for more female...
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her...
View ArticleAfghan Activist Who Dressed As Boy To Defy Taliban Still Fighting
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school. Today, 14 years on,...
View ArticleAfghan girls struggle to get education 14 years after Taliban ousted
Getty Images Girls were banned from going to school during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Despite significant progress since then, many girls still miss out on education. Here are...
View ArticleEvery Day Counts for School Attendance (Dundee City Council)
(Source: Dundee City Council) Dundee families are being advised that 'Every Day Counts' for the education of their children as a new campaign gets underway to help improve attendance at city schools. A...
View ArticleBuilding The Education State In Macedon (Premier of Victoria)
(Source: Premier of Victoria) Minister for Education James Merlino and Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas today visited Romsey Primary School in Macedon to discuss refurbishment plans, tour the school...
View ArticleSlave driving kids is not good education
A 15-year-old student's sudden death in class has once again brought into focus the long contentious issue of how much homework is too much for primary and middle school students. The boy in Nanyang, a...
View ArticleJust how badly does the KP police treat Afghan refugees?
The plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is no secret. But a special report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) delves deeper into the horrors these settlers face, and unravels horrifying accounts of how...
View ArticleSome recommendations draw flak from academics
PUNE: The abolition of scholarships and attendance allowance for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students as well as children with special needs and one nation, one curriculum in the recently...
View ArticleRestrictions on school choice mooted
Dunedin secondary school pupils may be forced to attend the school nearest to them if one option proposed by the Ministry of Education is adopted. The ministry has put up for discussion four options...
View ArticleThree Ways To Tell If Your Company Supports Women Of Color
It goes without saying that being a professional woman of color isn't a decision you make in the same way that you decide to be an efficient, productive, collaborative employee. Many women face...
View ArticleSchool District Faces Government Sanctions under Title IX for Denying...
(Source: Jackson Lewis LLP) An Illinois school district has violated anti-discrimination laws by not allowing a transgender student who identifies as female and is on her high school's girls' sports...
View ArticleAttorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at the National Women's...
(Source: Office of the Attorney General) Thank you, Presidents [Nancy Duff] Campbell and [Marcia] Greenberger for that kind introduction - and for your decades of unwavering commitment to the cause of...
View ArticleAccess to higher education doesn’t always lead to lower unemployment – UN...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 17 November 2015 - Workers with post-secondary education are more likely to be unemployed in lower-income countries, reflecting a 'mismatch' between skilled persons and...
View Article‘Maltreatment of Afghans peaked post-APS attack’
ISLAMABAD: Since the late 1970s, Pakistan has hosted over three million Afghan refugees – one of the largest displaced populations in the world. But despite a difficult past, never before have these...
View ArticlePolice in Pakistan abusing Afghans: rights group
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) Pakistan should take all necessary measures to end the rampant police harassment, threats and violence against Afghans living in the country, Human Rights Watch said on...
View ArticleCPS Calls For Springfield to Provide ‘20 for 20’ (CPS - Chicago Public Schools)
(Source: CPS - Chicago Public Schools) They may not get the headlines they deserve, but our schools are filled with talented principals, teachers, and students - and they are worth investing in. But...
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