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 …

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  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  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 …

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 …

Girls, Education, and Justice:  Why International Women’s Day Matters More Than Ever  March 8, 2026 | Girls Learn International This International Women’s Day, we will celebrate the rights and accomplishments of women and girls around the world. Central to the protection of all human rights is the protection of the right to education.On International Women’s Day, 18 high school juniors and seniors will gather …

When Global Aid Pulled Back, Nigerian NGOs Found a Local Lifeline February 11, 2026 | GCE-US In 2025, community-based education NGOs in Nigeria faced an unprecedented crisis after USAID abruptly reduced and withdrew funding. Programs were left incomplete, staff contracts terminated, and communities were suddenly uncertain about the future of critical services. The challenge went beyond financial loss. Years of …

Education at a Crossroads: Renewing U.S. Commitment on the International Day of Education January 28, 2026 | GCE-US January 24th was the day students, educators, and allies worldwide came together to celebrate the 8th annual International Day of Education. Since it’s official recognition by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018, this day has been used to reflect on …