Culture of reading in Yemen is key to literacy

March 18, 2014

Toronto, Canada—When Fathi El-Ashry disclosed that the curriculum for first to third graders in Yemen hadn’t been revised since 1995, the audience at the 2014 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference was alarmed. As education experts, they knew the typical revision cycle for curricula was six to eight years....
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Community support essential to improved learning

March 13, 2014

Toronto, Canada—When a mother in Jordan takes her child to enroll in kindergarten, she is often turned away and told to wait until first grade. With thousands in line and enrollment capped at 25 students per class, this is a regular occurrence....
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TEDx encourages a different kind of Wednesday in Aden

January 21, 2014

The event took place on a Wednesday – a day typically associated with civil disobedience in Aden, a port city in the south of Yemen. But on this particular Wednesday, December 11, hundreds found their seats in the conference room of Aden’s Mercure Hotel and listened instead to speakers who have the ideas and passion to better their community and country....
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Volunteering to spotlight youth in Honduras

December 5, 2013

When Eli Pineda began taking psychology classes at the National Autonomous University of Honduras, the homicide rate in neighborhoods a short walk beyond campus was at a record high. By the time he enrolled as a senior this year, it had surged another 30 percent....
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