Pearson and Save the Children Launch New Project to Support Education in Emergencies
Pearson and Save the Children have extended their ‘Every Child Learning’ partnership to launch a new pilot education project in Jordan, in partner...
Youth Skills and Innovation Commission Discusses Challenges for Future Workforce
After launching the Youth Skills and Innovation Initiative at last Wednesday’s breakfast event, the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Edu...
Preparing Today’s Youth for the Workforce of Tomorrow: The Private Sector Response
Today, leaders from the private sector, foundations, and the international community gathered in New York City at the Global Business Coalition for Ed...
Nigeria: Embracing literacy in a digital age
Over the past 51 years, the United Nations has designated the 8th of September as a day to celebrate literacy. The importance of this day cannot be un...
Rewriting Books to Rewrite Lives
For many parents and caregivers, one of the most precious times spent with children is story time. Yet, illiteracy robs 32 million adults in the US th...
On World Humanitarian Day, Refugees and Arabic Language Learners Connect Online
The Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education) has brought together business, civil society, and international organizations to deliver e...
Delivering Quality Education to Young People on International Youth Day
This Saturday is International Youth Day 2017, a global UN holiday celebrating young people around the world. The theme of this year’s global holida...
He Who Opens a school door, closes a prison
We believe education will be one of the most influential drivers of economic growth and prosperity in our generation and for generations to come. In a...
Technology and Education as a Means of Eliminating Poverty
Education is critical toward addressing poverty. Last Wednesday marked the last day of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable developmen...
It Takes a Village: Standard Chartered is Going Beyond for Girls’ Education
Tomorrow marks World Youth Skills Day and an important moment to reflect on how we are preparing the world’s young people – and especially young g...