Monday, December 06, 2010 Global Education Study Highlights Western Cape, South Africaby Audrey M. ClarkeMcKinsey & Company recently produced a comprehensive study, How the World’s Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better.
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Thursday, December 02, 2010Sierra Leone: After the Eclipseby Joanne Leedom-Ackerman “Why does a rainbow appear in the sky?”
“What is an eclipse?”
“Why are there crop failures?”
“What are these called in Mende?”
“What do our elders think are the reasons?”
“How does science explain them?”
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Friday, October 29, 2010Africa = Europe + US + China + Indiaby Justina Hierta, Africa.com Chief Operating OfficerMaps can really make us stop and say “wow!” When I was a child my social studies classroom had a map depicting Greenland and Africa as the same size. Was it really possible that a little country like Denmark could claim a territory as large as the continent of Africa? The answer of course was no, but only because the map turned out to be warped (literally) and grossly misleading.
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Monday, October 25, 2010Expanding Access to Education in Africaby Shai Reshef, Founder & President of University of the People It is well known that the number of people able to access education in Africa is staggeringly low. This is particularly the case when it comes to higher education in a continent where very few students are able to access post-secondary education. Education impacts not only the lives of individuals—their income, health and quality of life, but also the societies in which they live. Crime rates, social awareness and economic stability are directly tied to accessibility of post-secondary education. In an age of falling technology costs, unprecedented access to the Internet and the free exchange of information online, the inability of millions of people in Africa to access post-secondary education can no longer be sustained.
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Saturday, October 09, 2010BREAK the CHAINS of Illiteracy and Poverty through Girls' Educationby Debbie Rooney, Beads for EducationThe mission of BEADS for Education is to improve the status of women in Kenya through women’s business development and girls' education. If you would like to support the women’s beautiful handcrafts or sponsor a girl’s education – please visit our website.
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