Center for Universal Education
![Young Nicobarese tsunami survivors study in a classroom in a relief camp in Port Blair, the capital of India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago January 13, 2005. [India, which had shunned foreign help for its tsunami victims, has now allowed UNICEF to help mount a campaign in the battered Andaman and Nicobar islands to prevent an outbreak of measles and blindness among children.] - PBEAHUODMFX](https://i1.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CUE_India_classroom_001.jpg?w=234&crop=0%2C15px%2C100%2C134px&ssl=1)
2018
Nov
7
Past Event
Girls' education research and policy symposium
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Washington, DC
2018
Sep
5
Past Event
Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates
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Washington, DC
2018
Jul
13
Past Event
What can we learn from the results of the world’s first development impact bond in education?
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Washington, DC
Rebecca Winthrop
Director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
"You have to play the long game. It’s fine to add money, but when the commitment is volatile and your funding goes up and down constantly, you can end up creating more harm than good."
"We have been in Central America for a long time. It’s not just money that has made us effective in the region — there is a lot of hard-earned experience, trial and error, and institution building that is slowly reaping results. The worst thing that could happen now is to go back to zero."
"Cutting aid to Central American countries would be a mistake, since U.S. aid dollars fund programs that reduce violence, strengthen the justice system, and encourage investment that make them more attractive places for their citizens."
