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- July 23rd, 2010
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July Newsletter: Education Advocates Speak Out
GCE-US coalition members and education advocates across the country have been busy this summer getting the word out about Education for All. Whether gathering here in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress, or at conferences in New Orleans…
- June 30th, 2010
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GCE-US Applauds Rep. Lowey and Funding for Multilateral Education Fund
Funding is Critical Step in Achieving Education for All, Millennium Development Goal #2 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Global Campaign for Education – U.S. today applauded the inclusion of new funding for a multilateral education fund in the Department…
- June 29th, 2010
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GCE-US Calls on President Obama to Make Education a Development Priority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the President’s views on a new approach to development outlined at the recent G8 Summit in Canada, the Global Campaign for Education - U.S. today released the following statement:“We could not agree…
- June 14th, 2010
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June Newsletter: The World Cup, Education Summit and More
The World Cup, Education Summit and More The World Cup kicked off June 10 with a message from South African President Jacob Zuma and FIFA president Sepp Blatter about the importance of Education for All. Last week, Zuma announced that the global education…
- June 11th, 2010
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GCE-US Coalition Member Events and Announcements
Building Bridges: Transitions from Secondary School Wednesday, June 16: AED and Advancing Girls’ Education (AGE) Africa will host a forum on innovative best practices, policies and research surrounding secondary school and post-secondary transitions…
In the News
- August 5th, 2010
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Education: The Best Way to Wage War on Terror
August 5, 2010 Source: The Alexandria Times By Jennifer Gillyard To the editor: Globally there are more than 72 million children ages 5 to 11 not in school and more than 250,000 youth engaged in conflict, some of which are recruited into violent extremist…
- July 30th, 2010
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Education is the Key Missing Link
July 30, 2010 Source: Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution By David Gartner President Obama is releasing a plan for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 in advance of the largest gathering of world leaders in…
- July 28th, 2010
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NYT Op-Ed: 1 Soldier or 20 Schools?
July 28, 2010 Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof The war in Afghanistan will consume more money this year alone than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War —…
- July 2nd, 2010
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Congress Leads on Global Education: Will Obama Follow?
July 2, 2010 Source: The Huffington Post By Joanne Carter Recent developments in the global movement to provide a quality education to the 72 million kids currently out of school present a study in contrast. While the administration has failed to deliver…
- June 23rd, 2010
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All the World’s Children Need Education
June 23, 2010Source: Hartford Courant By Erin DeRoy The World Cup, including the ringing of the vuvuzela horns in our ears, is here. And, off the playing fields of South Africa, organizers of the the 2010 FIFA World Cup are trying to use the attention…
