Center for Universal Education

Kimani Murage, an 84-year-old Kenyan grandfather who has 30 grandchildren, attends lessons with classmates January 15, 2004 at a primary school after the government introduced free primary education last year. Murage, who was part of the Mau Mau movement that fought against British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s, has classmates whose average age is seven years old, and two of his grandchildren attend more advanced classes in the same school in Kenya's Eldoret district, some 270 km (162 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi. REUTERS/Beatrice Mategwa PP04010048 RS/ACM - RP4DRIGLUBAC

A collaborative approach to teaching and assessing 21st century skills in Africa

Helyn Kim, Esther Care, and Davide Ruscelli

Thursday, April 25, 2019

A voter casts a ballot at the Flushing Volunteer Fire Department in Flushing, Ohio, March 6, 2012. Republicans are holding their "Super Tuesday" presidential primary in 10 states. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan (UNITED STATES - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E8370HRA01

Selling civic engagement: A unique role for the private sector?

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Boys react to the camera during their recess break in the middle of their academic day at a school in Mumbai August 10, 2010. The Right to Education Act that came into force has made free and compulsory education the right of every child between the age of 6 to 14 years old in India. UNESCO says the Act has brought the country closer to meeting its millennium development goals, with an estimated eight million out-of-school Indian children now having better access to education. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: EDUCATION) - GM1E68A1UHJ01

Teaching boys to examine gender in patriarchal societies

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places

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People look at a globe which is a part of of an installation in downtown Copenhagen December 6, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which starts from December 7 until December 18. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (DENMARK ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E5C61T3J01

Why Captain Planet should have been a woman

Christina Kwauk

Thursday, March 28, 2019

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Why the spread of public education is unlikely to yield a secular world

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Workers are seen at their workstations on the floor of an outsourcing centre in Bangalore, February 29, 2012. India's IT industry, with Bangalore firms forming the largest component, is now worth an annual $100 billion and growing 14 percent per year, one of the few bright spots in an economy blighted by policy stagnation and political instability. Picture taken on February 29, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E8450SWY01

Schooling and skills reduce gender wage gaps—but not completely

Dileni Gunewardena, Elizabeth M. King, and Alexandria Valerio

Monday, March 18, 2019

A child looks at DJI's Phantom 3 drone at their first flagship store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China December 20, 2015. Chinese drone developers are racking up an impressive list of aerial solutions for a growing variety of demands, from police surveillance to agricultural mapping and traffic management. Already well established as a world leader in drone manufacturing, China is slowly emerging as a world-class innovator, not just a duplicator of foreign designs. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - GF10000272196

I moved a drone with my mind. Soon your students will too.

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, March 8, 2019

Girls attend a class at Khushal School, in the home region of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai in Swat Valley, Pakistan March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood - RC137E93FC70

Echidna Global Scholars: Making an impact on girls’ education around the world

Thursday, March 7, 2019