One Hand Does Not Clap: Educating Children in Nepal April 28, 2026 | GCE-US GCE-US member Educate the Children-Nepal will begin their sixth multi-year program cycle in a new set of villages this summer. They will, as always, ensure that the communities they serve are fully engaged and involved throughout, from planning to implementation to evaluation.Sounds great in theory, but …
No Forgotten Kids
No Forgotten Kids The mission of No Forgotten Kids is “Education Through Innovation, Not Perpetual Aid.” No Forgotten Kids funds and supports transformative education models for the world’s poorest children. They don’t ask “how do we fund schools better?” — they ask “how do we design schools that fund themselves?” Through The Blueprint — a comprehensive framework tested first in …
GCE-US Raises Concern Over Limited Education Funding in FY 2027 House Bill
GCE-US Raises Concern Over Limited Education Funding in FY 2027 House Bill April 22, 2026 | GCE-US The Global Campaign for Education US (GCE-US) acknowledges today’s release of the House Appropriations Committee’s FY 2027 bill for the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, which includes $691.5 million for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund.While this amount …
How Change Happens Beyond the Classroom: A Q+A with Former GCE-US Youth Advocate Eliana Stanislawski
How Change Happens Beyond the Classroom: A Q+A with Former GCE-US Youth Advocate Eliana Stanislawski April 14, 2026 | Divine Irakoze, 2025 GCE-US Youth Advocate GCE-US Youth Alumna, Eliana Stanislawski, is a Professional Development Specialist at World Education, where she supports adult education practitioners across programs. With over a decade of experience in education, advocacy, and refugee support, her work focuses on strengthening systems that better serve refugee …
Introducing the 2026 GCE-US Youth Fellows
Introducing 2026 GCE-US Youth Fellows April 10, 2026 | GCE-US We are thrilled to introduce our 2026 Youth Fellows cohort. From a highly competitive pool of applicants, the GCE-US Youth Engagement Committee has selected an inspiring group of young leaders who demonstrate exceptional commitment to advancing education and strengthening their communities.Beginning this month, the fellows will participate in an intensive …
Statement from GCE-US on the President’s FY27 Budget Request
Statement from GCE-US on the President’s FY27 Budget Request April 6, 2026 | GCE-US The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) expresses deep disappointment in the President’s FY27 budget request, which proposes a 30% cut to the State Department and international programs and includes no funding for international basic education. At a moment when children and youth around the world continue …
Lessons From CIES 2026: Rethinking How We Shape Education
Lessons From CIES 2026: Rethinking How We Shape Education April 3, 2026 | Grace Mariana Rector, Program Director, GCE-US I spent the past week surrounded by education practitioners and researchers from around the world, and I left energized. The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference in San Francisco brought together more than 2,000 people across 100+ sessions. We moved from …
A Journey of Solidarity: Education, Resilience, and Reality in El Salvador
A Journey of Solidarity: Education, Resilience, and Reality in El Salvador April 1, 2026 | GCE-US Last week, our own Giulia McPherson traveled to El Salvador with GCE-US member American Jesuits International (AJI). The trip offered a powerful window into both the promise and the precarity of education in marginalized communities. A close partner of AJI, Fe y Alegría El Salvador accompanies …
Early Opportunities Initiative
Early Opportunities Initiative The Early Opportunities Initiative was launched by Joan Lombardi, PhD in 2022, focused on raising awareness about the importance of nurturing care and highlighting the impact of emergencies on young children and families—from conflict to climate change— along with supporting solutions to prevent and address them. The Initiative includes short articles on emerging issues facing young children …
GCE‑US Calls for Full Investigation and Protection of Students After Deadly School Strike
GCE‑US Calls for Full Investigation and Protection of Students After Deadly School Strike March 12, 2026 | GCE-US The Global Campaign for Education–US (GCE-US) is devastated by reports that a U.S. missile strike on an Iranian girls’ school has killed at least 165 civilians, most of them children. We call for a full, transparent, and independent investigation into how this attack occurred and how …