Would you manage 70 children and a 15-ton vehicle for $18 an hour?
How the nationwide school bus driver shortage helps explain our economic weirdness.
‘My Classmates Have No Hope’
“We were the ones hoping to shape the future, but they took that future away from us,” a teen girl writes, describing the “terror” of attending a high school in northern Afghanistan under Taliban control.
‘I Want to Continue My Education’
A 19-year-old dressmaker in Kabul fears her dreams of continuing her education will make her a target for the Taliban.
‘I Went Out and Shouted for Freedom’
An Afghan college student had only heard stories about what life was like under the Taliban. Then months before graduation, "everything fell apart."
‘The Taliban Came and Killed My Spirit!’
A school teacher in central Afghanistan laments the loss of educational opportunities for girls and women since the Taliban took control.
As the Taliban Resurges in Afghanistan, Girls Are Already Losing Schools
Girls’ education—once a signature achievement of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan—is increasingly under threat as the Taliban tightens its grip.
Imagine Online School in a Language You Don’t Understand
As COVID-19 shifts classrooms online, remote schooling poses a special challenge for families who are not fluent in English.
Experts Apply Lessons From Ebola to Ensure Girls Return to School Post-Pandemic
In April of 2015, after Ebola ravaged Sierra Leone and paralyzed West Africa, schools finally began reopening. Thousands of children eagerly returned to school after nine months stuck at home, but 13-year-old Isatu and her…
Weaponizing Children
In 1977, the public school system of Tyler, Texas, a small city 100 miles southeast of Dallas, began expelling students who couldn’t prove they were in the United States legally. The state had passed a law cutting…
Nigerian girls often still drop out of school to work, despite the country’s increasing wealth
Kehinde and Taiwo are among 10.5 million children in Nigeria who are not in primary school — no country in the world has more children out of school.
