US College Graduates

Federal Data Show Surge in American College Graduates

Federal data clearly show that there has been a recent surge in the number of American college graduates putting the number of holders of a college degree at a new high. Similarly, ... Full Story Here →
South African School Children

Restoring Human Dignity with Better Water and Sanitation Facilities to South African Schools

The Basic Education Minister of South Africa Angie Motshekga spoke at the opening of the Nobantu Primary School, a newly completed school in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape and shared information ... Full Story Here →
School Chidren Cape Town

Growsmart Program Helps to Improve Literacy Rates in Western Cape, South Africa

Elementary school children in Cape Town, South Africa are definitely in need of help, in terms of support in education. While there are many learning advocacy groups in South Africa, ... Full Story Here →
School Children in Malawi

A Matter of Terminology: Singer Madonna Built Classrooms in Malawi, not Schools

In 2006, Madonna, together with Michael Berg founded Raising Malawi, a charitable institution that vowed to alleviate the hardships and extreme poverty endured by the more than one ... Full Story Here →
Kiln Sierra Leone Marathon Educates Street Children

Kiln Sierra Leone Marathon Educates Street Children

The Kiln Sierra Leone Marathon specifically raises funds to get street children off the streets of Sierra Leone and give them access to education. Makeni is Sierra Leone’s largest ... Full Story Here →
University of the Philippines (Manila)

A Wake-up Call for the University of the Philippines System

The wake of a 16-year old freshman Behavioral Sciences student from the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila who took her own life has become a venue for a number of youth-oriented ... Full Story Here →
South African boy towed to school by a truck

Boy Gets Towed by Truck: South African Ride to School and Its Relationship to Education

A video of a South African boy getting “a ride to school” by hanging off the back of a truck going at 60mph (97km/h) was uploaded to YouTube last Sunday. A driver who saw the boy, ... Full Story Here →
Texting

Texting: Does it encourage poor spelling and grammar in kids?

Texting may have afforded society many conveniences, but the predictions related to the use of abbreviated English words in texting are nothing to LOL about. What’s not so gr8 about ... Full Story Here →