Moroccan classrooms go interactive

November 6, 2013

Saloua Ben Fethalla is a math teacher at Almajd School in Tahannaout, Morocco, a picturesque rural town at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. Her 13-year-old students are just beginning middle school....
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Nigeria: Education program praised by U.S. Ambassador

October 2, 2013

Nigeria: Education program praised by U.S. Ambassador By Caiti Goodman Ambassador Brennan with ANFEA Director Hajiya Yelwa Tafawa Balewa and Malam Isa Modibbo Qur’anic School proprietor Malam Isa Modibbo. Behind them are the school’s literacy and numeracy facilitators. PHOTO: Jossey Ogbuanoh  ... Read More
 

Libyan teacher brings women into democratic process

September 16, 2013

Before February 2011, Hoda Mohamed El-Suqoori never would have thought she would become a political activist or start her own organization. She was just a high-school teacher in Ajdabya, a small town on the Libyan coast....
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From class to community, a teacher learns to heal

September 6, 2013

In the blazing days of South Sudan’s hot season, families retreat for naps in their rakubas, outdoor structures used for relaxing in the shade. But Dorina Joseph, the only teacher in the village of Aweil Jedid, has put hers to another use: providing free education to children who cannot afford official school fees....
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