Center for Universal Education

A Muslim girl learns to read the Koran at a madrassa, or religious school, during the holy month of Ramadan in the old quarters of Delhi July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E97V1E3P01

A review of education in 2017

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish pupils discuss the Bible at the Nahardea school in Nehalim near Tel Aviv January 26, 2010. Inside a modern economy renowned for its innovative high-tech sector, they see a growing problem. Critics say the Jewish pupils who attend ultra-Orthodox schools can recite chapter and verse of the Bible, but most can't spell the name of their largest Arab neighbour, Egypt, in English. Picture taken January 26, 2010. To match feature ISRAEL/EDUCATION REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL - Tags: EDUCATION RELIGION) - GM1E62G19C901

Complementary strategies for teaching collaboration and critical thinking skills

Tara Barnett, Ben Lawless, Helyn Kim, and Alvin Vista

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

High school students from the City on a Hill Charter Public School, including Tacra McNeil Davi (C), playing the role of U.S. senators, cast a vote at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, Massachusetts June 10, 2015. Opened in March, the institute was imagined by the late Democrat, who died in 2009, as a place that could rekindle lost respect for a stalled Senate. The Kennedy Institute also hosts the only full-scale replica of the U.S. Senate chamber, where school groups might be awed not only by the grandeur of the room, but by the potential of the people inside it to chart the nation's future. Picture taken June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - GF10000124042

How do you teach critical thinking when the norm is not to question?

Loren Clarke and Esther Care

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Mothers hold their newly-born babies as they rest inside a maternity hospital during "World Population Day" in Kolkata July 11, 2012. The world's population edged to 7 billion people in 2011, up from 2.5 billion since 1950. This year's World Population Day focuses on the theme of "Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services", according to the United Nations. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E87B1KMJ01

Rallying behind maternal and newborn health: A new impact bond launches in India

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Life skills education is more than teaching skills

Christina Kwauk and Amanda Braga

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Street children attend an open school named the School Of Fun, run by a group of young volunteers, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC1F23BFD6B0

Strategies for teaching metacognition in classrooms

David Owen and Alvin Vista

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Syrian refugee children queue as they head towards their classroom at a school in Mount Lebanon, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - S1AEUFPGPUAA

There are no global solutions in education

Tamar Manuelyan Atinc and Lindsay Read

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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Chemical warfare on children’s brains: Where environmental toxins meet education

Virginia Rauh and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, November 13, 2017

What if there was a tool for more robust investment in early childhood development?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Maasai tribe elders and women gather for a forum organized by AMREF, and geared at sensitizing the elders and women towards an alternative rights of passage for young girls, that would stop female circumcision.

How young men can change the gender and social norms of the Maasai people to support girls’ education

Damaris Seleina Parsitau

Tuesday, November 7, 2017