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GlobalABC News: Teenage Activist Wants More Money for Children’s EducationPhoto Credit: Claude Truong-Ngocby The Associated PressNobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai wants world leaders to spend more money, on top of their earlier promises, to secure 12 years of free primary and secondary education for all children across the world.Read the rest of the story at ABC News.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 7, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalThe World Bank: World Bank Supports Agriculture, Education Reforms in VietnamPhoto Credit: Milei.vencelWASHINGTON, June 30, 2015—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $315 million in two credits for Vietnam to support the government’s agriculture restructuring plan and help with the revision of a new education curriculum.Read the rest of the story at the World Bank website.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 2, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalYahoo! News: Professors flee, higher education suffers in Venezuelaby Jorge RuedaCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has already lost many of its brightest young professionals to better-paying jobs abroad, and now the South American country is also losing the professors who trained them.Read the rest of the story at Yahoo! News.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 12, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalFrom CNN: China’s university entrance exams: Would you pass the test?by Shen Lu and Hilary WhitemanBeijing (CNN)- Now breathe.Almost 9.5 million high school students in China have just finished possibly the most important exam of their lives.Read the rest of the story at CNN.com.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 9, 2015 · 1 min read
Around the WebRT: Moscow protesters rally against budget cuts in science, educationOver 3,000 protesters have gathered in Moscow to call for science and education reforms in Russia, amid budget cuts and the closure of a leading scientific foundation over a “foreign agent” tag.Read the rest of the story at RT.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 8, 2015 · 1 min read
Global‘Education Can’t Wait’: Wary Children Return to Schools After Nepal Earthquakephoto by Dahal vai ganeshfrom the Associated PressKATHMANDU — Thousands of children affected by last month's earthquake in Nepal returned to schools on Sunday, a working day in the Himalayan nation, five weeks after the disaster killed more than 8,600 people and destroyed many homes.Read the rest of the story at NBCNews.comEdCircuit Staff · Jun 1, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalThe Guardian: Poland outperforms UK in education and health, report findsPoland outperforms the UK in education and health, says a Boston Consulting Group report measuring wellbeing across 149 countries, The Guardian reports.EdCircuit Staff · May 29, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalBBC News: S. Korea – Where education is boosting consumer spendingWhen it comes to education in South Korea, the demand is so strong it accounts for 12% of all consumer spending.BBC reporter Steve Evans met with one South Korean teacher who is earning a high salary to teach English. You can watch the story at BBC News.EdCircuit Staff · May 23, 2015 · 1 min read
GlobalFrom BBC News: Asia tops biggest global school rankingsby Sean CoughlanEducation correspondentThe biggest ever global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five places and African countries at the bottom.Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom.Read the rest of the story at BBC News.EdCircuit Staff · May 14, 2015 · 1 min read

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