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Announcing the $1 Million Global Schools Prize, launched to reimagine the future of education.

The Varkey Foundation, in collaboration with UNESCO, has unveiled the Global Schools Prize, a landmark US$1 million award that celebrates...

Sep 10, 2025

History teacher Helena Pereira, at Escola Secundária de Casquilhos, winner of an honourable mention for access to culture in the Global...

May 27, 20241 min read

Global Teacher Prize 2019 top 10 finalist Martín Salvetti is featured in an article on secular and free education established by former...

May 27, 20241 min read

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

Atlantis Group delegation visits the Parliament of Romania in Bucharest, October 2019. Photograph courtesy National School of Political...

Apr 28, 20204 min read

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

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

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

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