Center for Universal Education

A teacher leads a singing session during a specialized class preparing toddlers for kindergarten interviews in Hong Kong, China May 17, 2015. Parents believe that getting a place in a good kindergarten will help them secure a spot in a good primary and secondary school and pave the way for a good start in life. With the competition being so fierce, sought-after kindergartens can be selective about who they let in. Pre-kindergarten interview courses train them to be disciplined, responsive and polite through games, music and dance. They also offer one-on-one mock interview sessions. Picture taken May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RTX1E7OD

Realizing the promise of high quality early childhood education

Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Deborah Lowe Vandell, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Monday, March 27, 2017

A Syrian refugee teacher distributes books to her refugee students in their classroom at Fatih Sultan Mehmet School in Karapurcek district of Ankara, Turkey, September 28, 2015. Out of 640,000 Syrian children in Turkey, 400,000 are not at school, a Turkish official told Reuters on Friday, warning that those who miss out are likely to be exploited by "gangs and criminals". Educating the children among more than 2.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey - most of whom live outside purpose-built camps - is seen as a critical part of the humanitarian response to the four-and-a-half-year-old conflict. Picture taken September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTS2SL7

Education data in four charts

Lindsay Read and Tamar Manuelyan Atinc

Friday, March 24, 2017

Students sit in the library of the university KU Leuven in Leuven

Lessons from Ben Franklin: Using learning landscapes to rethink modern libraries

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Jennifer M. Zosh, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

People work on their computers during a weekend Hackathon event.

Digital natives are born global citizens

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Somali refugee girl walks in front of a blackboard at Hagadera camp in Dadaab in northeastern Kenya

How teachers use mobile phones as education tools in refugee camps

Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Negin Dahya, and Dacia Douhaibi

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Children paint handmade sheets of paper made from recycled cigarette butts in a school in Votorantim, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 7, 2017. Picture taken March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker - RTS11ZHQ

Let’s not forget the essential link between psychology and education

Helyn Kim and Christina Kwauk

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Ryleah Geisner, 8, laughs as she looks at a computer image of herself walking with reflective and surface EMG sensors attached to her body in the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis lab at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado, U.S., February 9, 2017 with lab engineer Kayla Burnim (R.) Ryleah has cerebral palsy, a congenital disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture. The lab was using 3-D motion capture technology to analyze Ryleah's body movement and muscle activity while walking and that data will then be used to formulate a treatment plan for her. In the background is Ryleah's grandmother Sandy Geisner. Picture taken on February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - RTSYAE8

Education assessment in the 21st century: Pathways to the future

Alvin Vista and Esther Care

Monday, March 13, 2017

Students participate in morning exercises as part of the flag ceremony during the opening day of classes at Baclaran Elementary School in Paranaque City, metro Manila June 1, 2015. An estimated 24 million public school students in the primary and secondary levels attend the opening of classes nationwide, local media reported. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Lessons in using data to improve education: The Philippines

Lindsay Read and Tamar Manuelyan Atinc

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

A Maasai woman wears traditional beaded necklaces and bracelets in Pakase village near Shompole, a luxury eco-tourism lodge situated at some 180 km (110 miles) south of Nairobi, near the border with Tanzania, October 25, 2007. From more than 300 projects worldwide, Shompole won the 2006 Equator Prize for its grassroots efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Over the last seven years Shompole has successfully repopulated the region's wildlife while bringing over half a million dollars to the local community. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (KENYA) - RTR1VH67

How adult literacy programs are helping Maasai mothers in Kenya

John Mugo and Lucy Maina

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

A girl attends the first day of school in the rebel held town of Maaret al-Numan, Syria September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RTSP85W

Who is shaping girls’ education globally?

Christina Kwauk and Amanda Braga

Tuesday, March 7, 2017