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UN Refugee Agency Restores Dozens of Schools Across Uganda
The United Nations refugee agency has restored 134 primary schools in northern Uganda, allowing thousands of children to return to classes, after the damage...
Ten Tips for Summer Learning
Schools may be empty during the summer, but learning can continue. California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell gives his top ten suggestions...
One Million Voices for MidEast Peace Hold Global Town Hall Today
Join a Global Town Hall Meeting webcast from East Jerusalem linking Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders with young people from around the world, today,...
Non-Profit Teach for America Sees Big Growth
Teach For America announced this week a record number of incoming recruits for fall placement in low-income schools across the country. 3,700 new teachers...
Groups Respond to Obama’s Call for National Discussion About Race
The speech on race and religion that Senator Barack Obama delivered Tuesday has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube and has...
See-Saw to Power African Schools With Electricity
"A young inventor is hoping to tap the unbounded energy of children in a playground to power schools in Africa. Design student Daniel Sheridan...
Heisman Trophy Winner Great Off the Field, Too
Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow is not only a college football hero who is strong in the classroom, he is humble and respectful and...
African School Succeeds Against the Odds
"With 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs, this Malawi school has one of the best academic records by far,...
Random Act of Kindness Repaid by Stranger
Sometimes something will happen so unexpected that the event leaves us in such a state of awe that we are incapable of saying anything...
New Patron Saint of New Orleans
New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany founded the Brees Dream Foundation to rebuild children's facilities and programs throughout New Orleans....
The Food Dudes: Making Kids Want Their Veggies
The UK has one of the lowest fruit and vegetable intakes in Europe, and as a consequence, Britain now has one of the worst...
Video Shooter Game Hooks Kids on Shakespeare
A new space shooter online video game developed by a Canadian University uses lush graphics and challenging quests into outer space to teach a...
School Enrollment Rates Double in Southern Sudan
The number of students enrolled in school in southern Sudan has more than doubled since the end of the long-running civil war two years...
World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
Where the US is Making Gains Against Terrorism
"Unless you solve the underlying root problems (of terrorism) like poverty and corruption, you've still got a witch's brew to create another generation...
Improvisation Boosts Reading in Poor Inner City School
Rachel Farmer is a fourth-grade teacher in Brooklyn who defies the stereotype of the exhausted teacher, run down by poor inner-city schools. Instead of...
Volunteering Reaches 30-Year High in U.S.
The percentage of Americans volunteering has reached a 30-year high says a new study, due in part to a boom in teens' dedication to...
Fish Stocks Highest in 50 Years Since Creek Restoration
The restoration of Nile Creek from a river that was devoid of fish into a salmon and cutthroat trout-bearing stream rich in life prompted...
Inspiring Photos From the Iraqi Front
Eric Adolph uses the steps as an impromptu classroom to help an Iraqi boy with his English lesson in Tall Afar, Iraq, on...
Schools Replace Gangs in Haiti’s Worst Slum
Books are replacing bullets as the primary focus for children in some of Haiti’s worst slums, where, for years, gunmen have ruled the streets...