top of page

News
Education news from around the world
Headline News
The latest story from the Varkey Foundation


Global Student Prize 2024 Winner Announced!
Congratulations Ángela Elena Olazarán Laureano from Mexico! Ángela Elena Olazarán Laureano, a 17-year-old Mexican student who developed...
Sep 23, 2024

Latest News

STATEMENTS: Act now to protect education, governments asked
An illustration of a coronavirus. Graphic by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Governments must act quickly to keep millions...
Nov 16, 20204 min read
3 views
0 comments

STATEMENTS: COVID-19 represents the most significant challenge to education since WW2
Atlantis Group delegation visits the Parliament of Romania in Bucharest, October 2019. Photograph courtesy National School of Political...
Apr 28, 20204 min read
5 views
0 comments

STATEMENTS: The Bucharest Statement on Teachers
The Atlantis Group meets Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest, October 2019. Photograph courtesy of Office of the President...
Oct 5, 20195 min read
10 views
0 comments

BRIEFING: Executive Summary | EdTech's problems are political as well as technological
BY THE ATLANTIS GROUP TODAY, THERE are more computers in schools than ever before. For decades, governments around the world have...
Dec 31, 20184 min read
34 views
0 comments

OPINION: Gaming's promise for education
An image from the hugely popular computer game Minecraft | Graphic Adobe Stock The international community is scrambling for ways to...
Oct 9, 20184 min read
7 views
0 comments

Reflections: Silas Lwakabamba
I believe ICT in education would make the difference in Rwanda. Silas Lwakabamba was minister of education for Rwanda from 2014 to 2015....
Aug 15, 20184 min read
3 views
0 comments

Reflections: Androulla Vassiliou
Regrettably, politicians prefer to adopt the policies that will show results immediately. Androulla Vassiliou was European commissioner...
Jul 26, 20183 min read
11 views
0 comments

Reflections: David Coltart
My biggest regret was my inability to change Zimbabwe’s curriculum during my term of office. David Coltart is a senator and lawyer who...
May 28, 20183 min read
6 views
0 comments

STATEMENTS: Open letter to the G20
An open letter on education from the members of the Atlantis Group to the G20 governments, October 2017 BY THE ATLANTIS GROUP We write...
Oct 22, 20173 min read
6 views
0 comments
bottom of page