International News
Half of Students on Free Meals Don't Feel Safe at Home
National children's charity, School-Home Support UK, says that of the 13,000 children they support, most of them on Free School Meals, nearly half don't feel safe at home.
Senegalese Students Get Food Aid
More than 25,000 at-risk pre-school and elementary students in Senegal will benefit from a new daily lunch initiative supported by the US Dept of Agriculture....
22 Children Killed by Afghan Winter
New York Times report says aid workers question how children could be dying of something as "predictable and manageable as the cold."...
Leadership Academy Girls Graduate
The first class of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for underprivileged girls in South Africa has graduated, with a 100 percent pass rate....
How to Overthrow a Dictator
Srja Popovic, former student group leader during the Serbian Revolution, teaches the science of forced regime change at his School of Revolution....
Green Schools in Gaza
The UN will build 20 environmentally-friendly schools in Gaza, combining traditional Middle Eastern design principles with modern technology....
Deadly Stampede in South Africa
A stampede to register for limited slots at a Johannesburg university resulted in one death and dozens of injuries....
Haiti Begins Free Education
One out of every two Haitians is illiterate. Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, has made free public education one of his top priorities. ...
Stateless Children in Malaysia Barred
Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrant children in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo Island are not being allowed to go to school....
