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Every child has the right to feel hopeful about the world
Justin van Fleet
“I know firsthand the impact the environment has in early childhoodâ€
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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Meet the seven winners of our latest Education Innovation Awards
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Annual Christmas Carol Concert supports the work of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
Education Cannot Wait makes a big jump forward for children in crises
The education in emergencies fund has got $70m of donor backing, announced new programmes - and been supported by film star Will Smith jumping out of a helicopter!Â
Action on global education and youth skills at UN General Assembly week
A major funding breakthrough, the #WriteTheWrong campaign launch and youth voices being heard are among the highlights in our roundup from New York.
ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï gives award to inspirational People’s Postcode Lottery chief Annemiek Hoogenboom
The honour - given at an event in New York - recognises her creative and outstanding work with the charity and as a social entrepreneur.
Please help us to save our schools, say Palestinian students
Two teenagers made a passionate plea about the future of 526,000 children at the 711 schools run by the crisis-hit UN agency UNRWA.Â
Live blog: how we can help to #WriteTheWrong on education and youth skills
Leaders from business, philanthropy, international institutions, government and civil society are at this Global Business Coalition for Education event.
Free school meals get more Syrian refugee children into the classroom
A pilot programme run by ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï supported over 4000 students in Lebanon and led to improved attendance and diet diversity.
We can Make Impossible Possible: global leaders back $10bn education funding plan
Government ministers, donors and development banks all gave support to the innovative International Finance Facility for Education at a UN event.
“There’s an utter mismatch between the possibilities of where science and technology are taking us and where we sit in relation to itâ€
In the first of a special series, education campaigner Tom Fletcher talks to Will Hutton, Nick Clegg, Professor Fadi Daou, Emma Sinclair and Roly Keating.
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‘I wish I could go to school’: 2m children miss out on education in war-torn Yemen
Many youngsters are falling into child labour, over 40% of girls are married by the age of 15 and teachers haven't been paid for two years.
Countdown to UN General Assembly: education ups and downs of the last 12 months
As world leaders prepare to gather next week, we look at some of the major challenges and successes affecting children and their right to quality schooling.