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Ghana’s leapfrog experiment: Free senior secondary school for all youth

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Demonstrators protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, on East 34th Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Learning to live together: How education can help fight systemic racism

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, June 5, 2020

Arielle Sadia, a 16 years old student in Odienné, in the Northwest of Côte d'Ivoire. During the coronacrisis schools are closed. But theimath teacher was reluctant and took the initiative to teach with a limited group of students twice a week for two hours.They respect the social distance and wear a mask during classes. "I find it a dood initiative because I can not just sit and wait at home doing nothing. I prefer to come to school. I encourage the youth to study even more now during this crisis. My dream is to become an engineer. " says the young girl and first of her class. For every child, education.

5 actions to help bring the most marginalized girls back to school after COVID-19

Robert Jenkins and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, May 15, 2020

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, families like the Dykes and Dettwillers have been removed from their familiar classroom settings to a new home environment where education throughout Ohio has taken on a more individualized culture setting.Detwiller L0a7611

Top 10 risks and opportunities for education in the face of COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, April 10, 2020

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA.- Physics teacher Zhao Chuanliang gives an online tuition for students at a local high school in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 2, 2020. As schools across the country are required to postpone the opening of the spring semester, online tuition has been promoted as an effective method.

How has the coronavirus impacted the classroom? On the frontlines with Dr. Jin Chi of Beijing Normal University

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Students walk between classes in front of College Hall on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Can leading universities be engines of sustainable development? A conversation with Judith Rodin

Rebecca Winthrop and Emal Dusst

Monday, February 10, 2020

Florida A&M University moves up to No., 7 among historically black colleges and universities in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings released Sept. 9, 2019.636646057260592110 Famu Campus Jpg

How to design a university: A conversation with Doug Becker of Cintana Education

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, January 27, 2020

Staff of Jumia company work on computers at the office in Lagos, Nigeria January 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Computer science can help Africans develop skills of the future

Rebecca Winthrop and Lauren Ziegler

Monday, January 27, 2020

Students attend classes after the city was recaptured from the Islamic State militants in Qayyara, Iraq, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - D1BEUNJJSIAB

Top 7 global education themes in 2019

Emiliana Vegas and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, December 20, 2019

Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013. The declaration, which helped touch off the American Revolution in 1776, begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth..." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E97406U201

The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Rebecca Winthrop and Meg Heubeck

Tuesday, November 12, 2019