How Education Sustains Racial Inequality and White Supremacy
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X, 1964. Denmark was liable for 2.3% of the entire slave trade between the 1660s and 1803. While the country can praise
Scaling up Adaptation Experiences in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
A new course for professionals that work in agricultural development in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala aims to scale climate change adaptation approaches and practices. Guatemala is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and variability in Latin America. In the region
Commonwealth Charity’s Action Against the ‘Learning Poverty Pandemic’
Half the world’s children are not learning, many people are unaware of that. A child under eleven years of age who can read and understand a simple sentence is in the minority in low and middle income countries. Hundreds of
Taking Teach2030 Online
When Mere Access to Education Is Not Enough The Commonwealth Education Trust (CET) recently announced the digitalization of their Teach2030 program, which trains teachers with the goal of improving the quality of education in low and medium income countries that suffer
The Importance of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
India enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), effective as of 2010 (Government of India, 2009). This Act is still not fully implemented in many schools in India. It is imperative to understand the history
The Education Outcomes Fund: An Interview With The CEO Amel Karboul
A good education can be a gateway to a better quality of life for anyone if they are given the opportunity. So why is it that in today's globalized world, many children are still not being offered the same opportunities
Schools out forever? Supporting resilient learning in the face of COVID-19
To contain the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen, at the latest count, 188 countries taking the unprecedented action of closing their nation’s schools. Over 1.5 billion learners are affected. While the measure is necessary to
Shape Your Future with Aishah Nur
In Rome, we met Aishah. A lovely and determined young 15yrs woman. She told us that she is currently studying at SMK Lubok Buntar in Kedah, Malaysia. Her take on the question "What is your ambition?" came with a resounding response
Shape Your Future With Liz Kleinrock, Anti-Bias Educator
About a decade ago, anti-bias educator and consultant Liz Kleinrock began her career as a volunteer teacher for the AmeriCorps. Today, Liz creates "curricular content for K–12 students around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, and specializes in designing engaging and
Shape Your Future With Edmund Page, CEO of Xavier Project
In 2008, while volunteering at a school in East Africa for Congolese refugee children, Edmund Page founded the Xavier Project. Following his initial trip, he committed to sponsoring eight refugees through school in Kampala. A recipient of the Queen’s Young
Liberia: A Path to a Modern Education
Editors Note: Written by Former Liberia Education Minister George Werner, this article reflects on Partnership Schools for Liberia (now Liberian Education Advancement Programme) and the lessons that came from implementing one of Africa’s most innovative public sector transformations, largely enabled
Learning from Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the Path to Nuclear Disarmament.
"Little sister with a bowl cut/head spraying blood/embraced by Mother/turned raging Asura." At this year’s Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary, Mayor of Hiroshima, Kazumi Matsui quoted this heart-wrenching poem written by a woman who was five years-old when the first atomic bomb