December 07, 2009
How will you engage your community this week for the Global Campaign for Education’s Day of Action?
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December 10: Global Campaign for Education Day of Action. December 12: Joint Domestic-Global Conference Call. 2:00 pm ET. Call in at (888) 409-6709. January 9, 2010: Global Conference Call. 2:00 pm ET. Call in at (888) 409-6709. For details, visit our events calendar.
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Over time, education has been the single greatest force to stabilize societies. It’s no magic bullet, but it reduces birth rates, raises living standards and subdues civil conflict and terrorism. That’s why as a candidate Mr. Obama proposed a $2 billion global education fund — a promise he seems to have forgot.
— Nicholas Kristof, New York Times editorial, December 3, 2009
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