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Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n \n Understanding Education as a Right <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n 11 Reasons why education can’t wait for your attention <\/a>\n
This article from Global Citizen outlines why issues of access to a quality education need to be addressed.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Malala Yousafzai: Our leaders are still choosing bombs over girls’ education <\/a>\n
A blog post by Malala Yousafzai discusses what it would cost to provide free, quality education for every child in the world for 12 years.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n This Child, Every Child: A Book About the World\u2019s Children by David J. Smith (Kids Can Press, 2011)<\/span> <\/a>\n
This book uses statistics and stories to explore how children live around the world and to talk about rights in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to an education.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n If You Could Wear My Sneakers! by Sheree Fitch (Doubleday Canada, 1997)<\/span> <\/a>\n
This collection of poems interprets 15 of the 54 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to an education.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids by National Geographic (National Geographic, 2009)<\/span> <\/a>\n
This photographic essay introduces children to the rights contained in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Background<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n \n Education for All <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Global Education Monitoring Report: Infographics <\/a>\n
A collection of infographics on the state of education worldwide.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n For World Teachers\u2019 Day, A Look At What Classrooms Look Like Across the Globe <\/a>\n
This report from BuzzFeed News<\/i> shows different classrooms from around the world.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Policy Paper 23: Every Child Should Have a Textbook <\/a>\n
Statistics and a report from UNESCO about the need for learning materials in developing countries.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Global Monitoring Report 2015 – Animated launch video <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Can We Keep the Education Promise? <\/a>\n
This video outlines new education promises to be met by 2030.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World by Susan Hughes (Owlkids, 2011)<\/span> <\/a>\n
Children will see schools in unusual places, like caves and train platforms, so students will probably never look at their own classroom in quite the same way!<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n My School in the Rain Forest: How Children Attend School Around the World by Margriet (Ruurs Boyds Mills Press, 2009)<\/span> <\/a>\n
Real photos of children in schools in 13 different countries will appeal to today’s school children and open their eyes to the differences in schooling around the world.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n \n Out-of-School Children <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n World Inequality Database on Education <\/a>\n
A database that explores disparities in education across and within countries<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n UNESCO: Literacy <\/a>\n
From UNESCO, worldwide literacy facts<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Global Education Monitoring Report <\/a>\n
Statistics and figures<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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