In Ukraine, education continues under extraordinary pressure, sustained by many who refuse to let learning disappear even as it is repeatedly interrupted. The most immediate challenge is physical safety. Thousands of schools have been damaged or destroyed since the full-scale invasion began. In many regions, in-person learning is possible only when shelters are available and air-raid procedures are rehearsed as carefully as lesson plans. A mathematics class can be paused mid-

In Sudan, the school year has no reliable start date. Calendars are printed, revised, then abandoned as political instability and armed conflict reshape daily life. Since fighting erupted between rival military forces in 2023, education has become one of the most fragile public systems in Sudan because the conditions required for schooling have steadily disappeared. One of the most immediate challenges is the collapse of governance around education. Many schools are left with

Each year, thousands of families follow the harvest across the United States, moving from state to state to pick fruits and vegetables that stock grocery shelves nationwide. Their children, often called “migrant students,” have to confront the challenges of a education system that rarely fits their mobile lives. Because farm work is seasonal, families relocate frequently, sometimes several times in a school year. A child might start kindergarten in Texas, move to Florida for

Across Yemen, the sound of children reciting lessons, flipping through textbooks, and laughing with classmates has faded into an uneasy silence. After more than a decade of instability and war, Yemen’s education system has been pushed to the brink. What was once a space for growth and opportunity has, for many children, become inaccessible or unsafe. The Yemeni Civil War has devastated infrastructure across the country. Schools have not been spared. Thousands of buildings hav

South Korea is often praised as an education miracle, a nation that transformed poverty into prosperity through schooling. Its students consistently rank among the world’s best in math, science, and reading. Nearly every child completes secondary school, and university enrollment rates exceed 70 percent, far above the OECD average. Yet beneath this success lies a quiet crisis: an education system so competitive that students' success largely links to their family income, and