It’s been a busy week here in New York City, full of exciting meetings with colleagues we’ve been working with from afar and events to celebrate months of hard work for the one thing we care about most – providing a good quality education for all children. Lots of progress has been made this … [Read more...]
250 million children cannot read, write or count well, even those with at least four years in school. 250 million. This traps them and their communities in poverty, poor health, and sometimes violence. That is unacceptable by any moral code. The Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) … [Read more...]
When I was 10 years old, my favourite teacher was called Mr. Poli. It wasn’t because he was nice. He didn’t often give us fun things to do. In fact, he berated me constantly for my (still) awful handwriting and made me do extra projects when I talked too much in class (almost always). He was my … [Read more...]
Armed conflict affords education no mercy. Schools and colleges are looted, destroyed and abandoned, teachers assassinated, scholars threatened, and students recruited as child soldiers. It is at such times that the protection of education is most critical and it is at such times that our … [Read more...]
As you read this, as you drink your coffee, peruse through your crowded email inbox, pass through this fleeting moment of cyberspace, a child needs your help. A child just like the kids in your neighbourhood wants an opportunity to learn and grow. Yet through no fault of her own, instead of … [Read more...]
