Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’: he runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Oct 2018 | by: South China Morning Post | Story Source: South China Morning Post ~ Go to Original Article About 65 kids are enrolled at the school, where classroom walls are made of painted car tyres and the entrance adorned with...

Women and girls take the lead in Afghanistan

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 11 Oct 2018 | by: Education Cannot Wait | Story Source: Education Cannot Wait Blog ~ Go to Original Article Education Cannot Wait provides a new path for women teachers and community leaders, opening up re-envisioned learning...

How Finnish-inspired teaching methods improved learning in a US classroom

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 15 Oct 2018 | by: Janet English | Story Source: OECD (Education Today) ~ Go to Original Article When people said Finnish teaching methods couldn’t work in American classes, I wanted to see if I could prove them wrong. So I moved to...

Experts call for an end to online preschool programs

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Oct 2018 | by:  Jackie Mader | Story Source: The Hechinger Report ~ Go to Original Article Especially popular in rural areas, preschool programs may expose kids to ‘new risks,’ experts warn. Some online preschool programs boast...

Mobile teachers help out-of-school children from ethnic minority in Myanmar

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Oct 2018 | by: Billy Briggs | Story Source: TheirWorld ~ Go to Original Article Years of civil war and tension has meant about 75,000 children from the Karen people have missed out on education. An estimated 75,000 children have...

Afghan teacher encourages children to never give up

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 8 Oct 2018 | by: ANADOLU AGENCY | Story Source: Daily Sabah, Life ~ Go to Original Article For Afghan teacher Sakena Yacoobi, her students are her driving force. Known for her courage and relentless struggle to educate young girls...