The Obama Foundation has announced the launch of the Global Girls Alliance, a program focussed on supporting access to education for adolescent girls worldwide.
“When you educate a girl you educate a family, a community, a country,” said former First Lady Michelle Obama, launching the program in an interview on NBC show Today.
“If we care about climate change, poverty…then we need to care about education. Right now, there are 98 million adolescent girls who are not in school.”
The program will support grassroots organisations, projects and leaders dedicated to girls’ education around the world.
DeVos Hits Bush, Obama on Education Policy
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos took to task previous administrations – both Democratic and Republican – for taking too heavy-handed an approach in driving education policy, resulting in stagnant academic achievement despite billions of federal dollars spent.
“Politicians from both parties just can’t help themselves,” she said. “They have talked about painting education in new colors and even broader strokes. But each time, reform has not fundamentally changed the system. Each attempt has really just been a new coat of paint on the same old wall.”
Source : USnews