Mobile technology is improving access to quality education in sub-Saharan Africa, a region in which millions of children drop out of primary school each year and schools are strapped for new teachers. Students and their Eneza virtual teacher (Courtesy of Eneza Education) In 2009, Steve Vosloo, a learning specialist, launched Yoza Cellphone Stories in South Africa to …

KAKATA, Liberia — Former first lady Michelle Obama visited a leadership camp for girls in Liberia to launch her latest Africa visit, urging the teens in one of the world’s poorest countries to keep fighting to stay in school. With her own teenage daughters joining her, Obama told the girls she was “just so thrilled …

Millions of girls who need to stay in school have an ally in Washington.At a White House event in March 2015, it was announced the  Let Girls Learn initiative , an effort that aims to expand access to  education for girls  around the world. “These girls are our change-makers — our future doctors and teachers and entrepreneurs,”  Michelle Obama said . “They’re our dreamers and our …

If you’d like to attend college in the United States but you think it’s too expensive, you might be in for a surprise. U.S. News & World Report reveals that many U.S. colleges and universities, including some of the most elite U.S. schools, offer  financial aid to international students . Although not every student is eligible, undergraduates from abroad at nearly 345 …