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Project Smile participants

On a cold winter morning, 300 female students at a low-income school in Rawalpindi gathered in the school courtyard for an unexpected surprise....

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State Teacher of the Year, David Bosso

Colleagues, students and parents who know David Bosso were not surprised that he was named one of the 2012 National Teachers of the Year by...

Girl reading in Burkina Faso

When you think of a library, what comes to mind? Row after row of books? The Dewey Decimal System? Kids but no adults? Those...

Posted on August 20, 2012 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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As the number of democracies increases globally, citizens worldwide look to the U.S. political system as a model of peaceful democracy. Many view the U.S. system as a successful functioning...

Posted on August 16, 2012 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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In the midst of a global youth unemployment crisis, young people in Russia are working to strengthen their job prospects upon graduation from college. What began as a small youth-led project has...

Posted on August 14, 2012 - in Education
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The 2012 cohort of Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship fellows arrived to the U.S. this month with a special distinction. These 68 community, business, and government leaders from Eastern Europe...

There is much truth to the notion that genuine, effective development solutions come from within developing countries. The proof is evident in the 58 leaders from 28 countries of this year’s...

Posted on August 9, 2012 - Kaia Benson in International Education, Education
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Asst. Sec. Stock with international students

Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, welcomed more than 150 international youth leaders to the U.S. to begin academic and cultural programs at more than 80...

Posted on July 31, 2012 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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IREX paired faculty from US and Iraqi Universities to help improve teaching, amo

To improve teaching and strengthen the universities' capacity to provide youth the skills needed in today's workforce, IREX paired three prestigious US universities with three in Iraq. Together...