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Myanmar: Journeying Through the Rocky Educational Terrain

Ask anyone in Myanmar what they were doing in the year 1988 and they will most likely recall with great detail. What began as a student protest turned into a nation-wide cry for democracy, ultimately ending in thousands of d...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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Zambia Protests Culminate in Student Arrests

Thirty-one Zambian students were arrested Friday after engaging in anti-government protests. Students at the University of Zambia had staged a Black Friday demonstration: wearing black to protest the government’s decision to ...
by Carla Drumhiller
 
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Liberia’s President Sirleaf Calls for Education “Overhaul”

Speaking at the National Education Roundtable Conference on May 3rd, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declared that the country’s educational system was in need of a “total overhaul.” In April the president had ca...
by Carla Drumhiller
 
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Share of the Week!

Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Javier Martin Espartosa on Flickr.com
by Alice Formwalt
 
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“The Children Take Action”- Learning About Climate Change in Kiribati

 Public school children in Kiribati are receiving a new book entitled “The Children Take Action- A Climate Change Story.” Developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and printed with...
by Carla Drumhiller
 
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Indian Shop Owner Runs Informal School Under Bridge

Every morning under a railway bridge in New Delhi, India, Rajesh Kumar gives lessons to more than 50 children. Without walls, desks, or chairs, the students of Kumar’s school sit on foam mats in the dirt and learn reading, wr...
by Carla Drumhiller
 
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In Gaza, Hamas Separates Classes By Gender

Hamas, the Islamic group that governs the Palestianian territory in Gaza, passed a new educational law that mandates separate classes for boys and girls over the age of 9 and also excludes men from working at girls’ schoo...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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Laos: Young Students Travel to USA to Educate the Public

Two young Laotians are touring the USA in order to educate the public about the thousands of unexploded bombs which litter the country. During the Vietnam war the US dropped over 2 million bombs on Laos during a nine year peri...
by Ashleigh Brown
 
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Share of the Week

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Bagan, Myanmar Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves. Creative Commons Love: Pete DeMarco on Flickr.com  
by Alice Formwalt
 
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