Lailoma Sharifi Yama never thought she would be able to obtain a master’s degree. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in 1990, she started working as a Dari professor at the Kabul Education University. She continued teaching throughout the civil war, helping students who managed to come to university despite . . .
Dr. Earl Saxon recently joined AED as a Senior Fellow focusing on adaptation to global climate change. One of the critical issues facing us in the development community is how well we prepare for the ways in which climate change will slow or arrest our development gains and progress. Dr. Saxon, . . .
Two news releases last week suggest to me that the American public misunderstands the link between education and the economy. Last Wednesday, I attended a presentation and panel discussion of the results of the Gallup organization’s 2010 survey of The Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. In his opening remarks, the . . .
According to the United Nations’ Web site, the International Year of Youth is “an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, from enhancing peace to boosting economic development, the United Nations proclaimed an International Year of Youth starting on . . .
by the We Can! team Five years ago the National Institutes of Health launched their Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition, or We Can! ® project to help youth between the ages 8 and 13 maintain a healthy weight. This summer, AED worked with the National Heart, Lung, and . . .
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