Education

Ending Violence in Schools

2021-08-09

Violence in schools profoundly affect children, often for the rest of their live. The statistics are staggering. One in three students in secondary schools is affected by physical violence, and one in four by bullying...

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Five lessons for successfully investing in people

2020-10-21

Access to health services in Morocco has been significantly enhanced as a result of the expansion of health insurance coverage and the establishment of a system for providing subsidized care...

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How to Make Japan Great Again

2020-10-18

If Japans new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, wants to emerge from the shadow cast by his predecessor, he will need to devise a compelling message

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Is education standing up to the task of climate action?

2019-09-19

A mid todays climate crisis, the global education community is faced with the reality that it has done too little too late.

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The man who wants to make university degrees obsolete

2019-09-05

Latin America faces huge skills gaps in the workforce, and college is expensive. One man is looking to shift the education model on its head

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The World Has Failed Children in Conflict Zones

2018-12-29

This Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assemblys adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Politicizing Education: Israel and Myanmar set worrisome precedent

2018-06-04

Israel and Myanmar are the two countries with troubled human rights records and disputed histories of dealing with ethnic and national rights

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Education in the Digital Age

2018-02-26

Technology is displacing humans in the workplace

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Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents?

2018-01-17

Children’s shows often use non-standard dialects to voice the "bad guys," sending a dangerous message to kids about diversity.

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A Bridge to Universal Education

2017-04-24

Bold plan by IFFEd to ensure that all of the world’s 1.6 billion boys and girls are in school and learning

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Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative

2017-01-18

Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment, says Andrew Palmer. The faint outlines of such a system are now emerging

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Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change

2017-01-15

It is easy to say that people need to keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting

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Education Innovation in the Middle East

2016-10-27

We now confront an education crisis that threatens to leave a lost generation of young people without any hope for a better future

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Education Needs Social Enterprise

2016-10-18

The Platform for Education in Emergencies Response will connect college-ready Syrian refugees with refugee-ready colleges

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Bringing Arab Education Online

2016-06-07

World’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online

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The Benefits of Teaching in Two Languages

2016-05-29

Bilingual education facilitates connections beyond the confines of a classroom

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Closing the Middle East’s Education Deficit

2016-05-25

ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are depriving more than 13 million children of an education

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ISIS MATH EDUCATION STARTS WITH BANNING THE PLUS SIGN

2016-05-09

ISIS’s changes encompass the social, educational and cultural institutions. To make these changes, ISIS has at times used coercion and compulsion, and at other times enticed people through its interpretations of Islam

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