Education

Obese Kids a Universal Target for Bullies

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Too Much Facebook, Twitter Tied to Poor Mental Health in Teens

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Za'atari student wins distinction despite trials of camp life

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Alaa attends an Arabic literature class at al-Bayt University in Mafraq, where she studies with the support of a UNHCR DAFI...

Getting Quality Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa is Possible

Every child in sub-Saharan Africa can have access to affordable and good quality textbooks if policy measures are taken to reduce the cost of textbooks and sustainable financing is ensured says a new World Bank report launched Monday at a workshop...

Mozambique’s Efforts to Improve Access and Quality of Education Receive a New Boost

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved on Friday the second additional financing to the Republic of Mozambique’s Education Sector Support Project (ESSP) in the amount of US$50 million International Development Association (IDA) grant....

New research exposes the 'glass floor' in British society

New research, conducted by Abigail McKnight of the London School of Economics for the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, has exposed the reality of a ‘glass floor’ in British society that protects less able, better-off children from falling...

Funding crisis may force UN agency to delay start of school year for half a million students in Middle East

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According to a new report from the World Bank, UNRWA students in the occupied Palestinian territory...

School's Out, Fattening Behaviors Are In

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