Wellspring's Canadian team is celebrating International Development Week … and the amazing opportunity to play our small part in seeing Goal 4 – Quality Education for All – become a reality! #IDW2016 #globalgoals #goal4 #qualityeducation

The Learning School & College, Kot Radha Kishen (Kasur - Pakistan)

Members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) and CUNY student leaders gathered outside Hostos Community College in the Bronx, to call on Governor Hochul to increase state funding for CUNY by $350 million in her next Executive Budget. Also calling on City leaders to reject the Mayor’s planned mid-year cuts to CUNY community colleges such as Hostos and Bronx Community College. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Protesters demanded free education for everyone on Wednesday. (Credit: Nathan Frandino/The Santiago Times)

Sixteen-year-old Anastasia has gotten used to a sound no child should have to hear – a piercing siren signaling possible rocket attacks.

Anastasia is a student at Lyceum No. 1, one of the few schools in the Mykolaivska region of Ukraine that is fully operational. With over 700 students – including those coming in from neighboring villages and internally displaced children from areas where shelling continues – the school in Kryve Ozero remains open thanks to dedicated teachers, administrators and support from government and international partners.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, and partners in Ukraine are working to ensure that children are able to continue learning and building towards a brighter future. Among its numerous holistic education supports, ECW funding to UNICEF has supported an initiative to install shatter-resistant window film at 23 schools in the Mykolaivska and Odeska regions of the country – including Anastasia’s school.

Learn more: ecw.exposure.co/shatterproof

Photo Credit: © UNICEF Ukraine

For an opening gift when the new Tokoroa Quality Education centre opened we got flowers. This red and yellow gerbera was among them, the colours were most unusual

We wanted to write a quick message of #thanks to you for supporting our year-end campaign. With the #generosity of donors such as yourself, Wellspring raised $200,000. We sent you a big ask—help us fulfil a $100,000 matching grant to spark transformation in #education across #Rwanda—and you came through! We are overjoyed at this response and know that these funds will go a long way in transforming heartache into hope for children in #Rubavu and across Rwanda.. Thank you once again for providing #qualityeducation to children in Rwanda. You are empowering the next generation of changemakers, community shapers, and world leaders. We couldn’t be more grateful!

1st Decade of Excellence Review: The Learning School & College, Kot Radha Kishen (Kasur - Pakistan), 8th April 2012

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Positive behaviour management in the classroom has the power to dramatically transform a once fear-ridden classroom into one that is characterized by safety, joy, trust, and kindness! After implementing new techniques learned at a Behaviour Management training, one teacher saw their class completely shift: “When I was a student, most teachers used to beat learners who came late to school, or those who failed to answer a question. Since I learned in those conditions, it made me think that the good way to manage my class was to use a stick – but learners did not feel free and it was causing conflict among students, teachers, and parents, as well as absenteeism. Nowadays, after being trained by Wellspring, I have changed the way I manage the class. In my teaching, I try to develop learners through the gifts of head (knowledge), heart (real feelings), and hands (skills). This has made my learners more active; they are now punctual and friendly; they help one another during activities and freely share ideas. They are self confident learners and think independently. Nowadays, it does not require a stick to manage the learners’ behaviour; it requires only that their teachers exemplify this good behaviour.” #SchoolPartnerSaturday #transformation #classrooms #qualityeducation #students #teachers #school