Education

Seven year old Barack Obama, named after U.S. President Barack Obama distributes books to his classmates at the Senator Obama primary school in Nyangoma village in Kogelo west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 16, 2015. Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia in July, his third major trip to Sub-Saharan Africa after travelling to Ghana in 2009 and to Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa in 2011. He has also visited Egypt, in North Africa, and South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral. Obama will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president's father is buried. Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Learning in East Africa: Where are children advancing

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, and Baldwin Tong

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Graduating Masters students from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) gather the day before their graduation ceremony, which is to be held online due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Reopening America: Reimagining graduate education

James Goldgeier

Thursday, May 28, 2020

The kindergarten classroom of Emily Williams sits idle, left for over two months after schools closed down on March 12th at Minglewood Elementary School in Clarksville, Tenn., on Thursday, May 14, 2020.Hpt Minglewood Clearing Out 15

The impact of COVID-19 on student achievement and what it may mean for educators

Jim Soland, Megan Kuhfeld, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, and Jing Liu

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Schoolgirls eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 5, 2013. In an incident on July 16, 2013, twenty-five Indian children from a school in Mashrakh village in the district of Chapra died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, provided under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of blame. Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. ATTENTION EDITORS - Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. Picture taken July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: FOOD EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Education in the time of COVID-19: Reflections from the Charcha 2020 Forum

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Kindergarten students during a reading activity at Annandale Public School in Sydney, Monday, May 25, 2020. Students returned to classroom learning in NSW amid an easing of coronavirus restrictions. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

With fewer funds and greater needs, schools should pursue cost-effectiveness strategies

A. Brooks Bowden and Rebecca Davis

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tables are seen in a classroom as teacher Rhiannon Sharman makes preparations for Watlington Primary School to reopen to children on June 1, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Watlington, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

Schools need flexibility in coronavirus stabilization funds

Sarah Reber and Nora Gordon

Friday, May 22, 2020

Sisters Jamie, 9, (L) and Jamella, 8, do their homework at South Los Angeles Learning Center in Los Angeles, California March 16, 2011. The center is run by School on Wheels, which uses volunteers to tutor homeless children in shelters, parks, motels, and two centers. There has been a surge in the number of homeless children in Los Angeles in the last five years, due to persistent unemployment and mounting foreclosures. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Getting tutoring right to reduce COVID-19 learning loss

Matthew Kraft and Michael Goldstein

Thursday, May 21, 2020

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Millennial wealth accumulation, salary history bans, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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For-profit colleges drastically outspend competing institutions on advertising

Alejandro Vazquez-Martinez and Michael Hansen

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Arielle Sadia, a 16 years old student in Odienné, in the Northwest of Côte d'Ivoire. During the coronacrisis schools are closed. But theimath teacher was reluctant and took the initiative to teach with a limited group of students twice a week for two hours.They respect the social distance and wear a mask during classes. "I find it a dood initiative because I can not just sit and wait at home doing nothing. I prefer to come to school. I encourage the youth to study even more now during this crisis. My dream is to become an engineer. " says the young girl and first of her class. For every child, education.

5 actions to help bring the most marginalized girls back to school after COVID-19

Robert Jenkins and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, May 15, 2020