Education
Access to quality education has a tremendous impact on the lives of people around the world, leading to positive outcomes in economic success and health. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Education” feature reporting that covers how education is used to improve standards of living, increase economic opportunity, and build a global middle class. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on education.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Arlington, Virginia Students Explore a Slow Approach to Reporting
Arlington, VA, students participating in the World Affairs Council's Leadership in Global Affairs...
August 16, 2016 -
Lesson Plans
Running for the Future of Congo
This lesson uses “What Makes the Kids of Congo Run” by Daniel Socha to introduce students to the situation in Eastern Congo, the challenges youth face, and ways to effect change.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Soul of the City Students Meet with Pulitzer Center-Supported Journalists
Washington, DC, youth program benefits from Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative...
August 2, 2016 -
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Photojournalist Daniella Zalcman Wins 2016 Inge Morath Award
"Signs of Identity" is recognized for Zalcman's "creative approach" to documenting the lives of...
July 22, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: Ethical Fashion in India
This week's news on all things Pulitzer Center Education.
June 30, 2016 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: Reporting on Your Neighborhood
How to do slow journalism: Earn trust and don't assume.
June 21, 2016 -
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and...
May 31, 2016
![A Soul of the City student records video during Pulitzer Center grantee Roger Thurow's presentation. Image by Jordan Roth. United States, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/08-01-16/soulofthecity_04_0.jpg.webp?h=2e5cdddf&itok=fBzPYq_- "A Soul of the City student takes notes after Pulitzer Center grantee Roger Thurow's presentation about his latest book, "The First 1,000 Days." Thurow's book explores how the development of children is greatly affected by their pregnant mothers and they eat early in their lives. Image by Jordan Roth. United States, 2016.")
![Marcel Ellery](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/03-30-16/daniellazalcman-soyi-04.jpg.webp?h=04d92ac6&itok=Pl1z2xUe ""I ran away 27 times," said Marcel Ellery, who attended the Marieval Indian Residential School from 1987-1990. "But the (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) always found us eventually. When I got out, I turned to booze because of the abuse. I drank to suppress what had happened to me, to deal with my anger, to deal with my pain, to forget. Ending up in jail was easy, because I'd already been there." Image by Daniella Zalcman. Canada, 2015.")
![Gary Nelson](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-03-16/01_-_gary_nelson.jpg.webp?h=cb7eef15&itok=UnrBbbVD "Gary Nelson says most of the boys he went to school with died in their 30s and 40s: "Mostly of alcoholism. Sometimes of hopelessness." Image by Daniella Zalcman. USA, 2016.")
