The Education Blog

The ongoing war in Iraq obviously doesn’t allow the country’s school children and students to receive a proper education. This was one of the main issues raised by refugee advocate Angelina Jolie at a panel discussion sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations on 8 April. Education Week reports that Jolie was speaking against the [...]

The Jordanian government has opened public schools for “forgotten” kids in Iraq. According to CNN, Iraqi families are changing the social fabric of Jordanian society. About 10 percent of Jordan’s population is now made up of Iraqi refugees — the estimates range from 500,000 to 750,000 of them. Education Week reports that despite the fact [...]