Center for Universal Education

A young Rwandan boy who is an orphan and living with HIV/AIDS, paints in a classroom run by UNICEF (United nations Children's Emergency Fund) in Kigali in this undated photograph. AIDS is a big problem in Rwanda, especially after the civil war and genocide of the 1990s, and thousands of children are forced to survive on the streets. - PBEAHUKWABH

Education system alignment for 21st century skills

Esther Care, Helyn Kim, Alvin Vista, and Kate Anderson

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Classroom in Nepal

How educators use assessment data to improve student learning in Nepal: Challenges and solutions

Deviram Acharya and Alvin Vista

Friday, January 25, 2019

Elementary school children are seen in a classroom on the first day of class in the new school year in Nice, September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: EDUCATION) - PM1E99310WR01

Approaches to pedagogical innovation and why they matter

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Students sit on the steps of Wilson Library on the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC1E672B16D0

Universities need to lead in serving humanity

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Howard Jackson, a Liberian migrant, attends a law class at a university in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain March 8, 2016. Jackson escaped civil war and spent three years crossing Africa before reaching Spain. Dressed up in one of his more than 200 costumes, from Peter Pan to Little Red Riding Hood, he is a well-known figure at an intersection entering the Spanish city of Seville where he has sold tissues to motorists for over a decade. Jackson is studying law and wants to become a judge. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo SEARCH "MIGRANT JACKSON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000350822

Top 6 trends in higher education

Emal Dusst and Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, January 10, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with House Democratic women during a photo opportunity on the second day of the new (116th) Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis?? - RC1CC93812C0

Congress may now have historic female representation, but women in leadership still have a long way to go

Christina Kwauk

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Students count with their fingers as a teacher teaches the 2013 curriculum inside a classroom at Cempaka Putih district in Jakarta, October 15, 2014. Indonesia plans to discontinue early next year the widely criticised school curriculum that emphasises moral and religious education, a minister said on Monday. Picture taken October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS) - GM1EAC81NGB01

A global snapshot: Impact bonds in 2018

Izzy Boggild-Jones and Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Advancing women’s leadership around the world

Julia Gillard, Christina Kwauk, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Mongolian student studying

Using assessment data to help students thrive: Classroom perspectives from Mongolia

Khandjav Terbish, Munkhbayar Baljinnyam, and Esther Care

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Schoolgirls queue up to receive money from authorities at a government school in Mumbai April 25, 2008. Girls attending state-run schools in India's financial capital of Mumbai are ending the school year a little richer than they began it. For each day a girl showed up in classes, city authorities are paying her 1 rupee -- about 2 U.S. cents. Boys continue to take nothing home besides their homework. Picture taken April 25, 2008 REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E46U0SUZ01

To empower girls in India, make gender education compulsory

Wednesday, December 19, 2018