Will President Obama do what it takes for 29 million children?

Take Action: Reach out to media in your community to call on the U.S. Administration to do its part, committing $250 million over two years to the Global Partnership for Education. Everything you need is in our media toolkit.

Kids in the United States may already be counting down the weeks until summer break, but worldwide a staggering 57 million children have never stepped foot in a classroom in the first place. Perhaps even more disturbing, 2 out of every 5 kids can’t read a basic sentence or do even the simplest math.

That’s why the Global Partnership for Education is inviting donors like the United States to make commitments to basic education for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable children. By committing just $250 million over two years, the Obama Administration could be part of a shared global plan to support education for 29 million more kids by 2018.

Will President Obama and USAID Administrator Shah do what it takes for those 29 million girls and boys?

Media across the country is pushing them to say “yes.” Check back soon – the list is growing by the day.

Updated June 26, 2014

Editorials & Columns

• Education equals power, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT, June 20, 2014
• Education equals power, Greenwich Time, Old Greenwich, CT, June 20, 2014
• Education equals power, News Times, Danbury, CT, June 20, 2014
• Education equals power, Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT, June 20, 2014
• Educating the world: A U.S. pledge can bring hope to vulnerable children, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, June 20, 2014
• Educating the world, The Blade, Toledo, OH, June 14, 2014
• Global Partnership for Education, Logan Banner, Logan, WV, June 3, 2014
• U.S. should seize partnership, Ironton Tribune, Ironton, OH, May 30, 2014
• U.S. should pledge support for global education, Burlington County Times, Willingboro, NJ, May 28, 2014
• The U.S. should be a generous contributor to the Global Partnership for Education, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, May 24, 2014 
• U.S. benefits from investment in global education, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, May 22, 2014 
• Focus on religious freedom and education can best help Nigeria, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 17, 2014
• Educar para eradicar la violencia mundial, Ahora Si, Austin, TX, May 14, 2014
• Education Advocate Seeks U.S. Aid, Benedicto Kondowe, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, May 13, 2014

• Why the Nigerian kidnapping case matters to us, Jay Evensen, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 8, 2014
• U.S. should pledge to help global education efforts, Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX, May 8, 2014
• NC delegation should support global education effort, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, April 24, 2014
• Many of the world’s children sit outside the classroom, Doug Clark, News & Record, Greensboro, NC, April 23, 2014
• Every child deserves the opportunity to go to school, Pam Stevens, Lake Stevens Journal, Lake Stevens, WA, March 26, 2014

Op-eds

• Our chance to get 29 million children into school, Huffington Post, Washington, DC, June 26, 2014
• Local efforts can ensure that low-income students, here and worldwide, stay in school, Real Change, Seattle, WA, June 11, 2014
• Educate girls in the developing world pledge support for Global Partnership, Times of Trenton, Trenton, NJ, June 9, 2014
• U.S. should support international education program, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, June 6, 2014
• Investing in education invests in our future, Kay Thorbecke and Robert Harman, Herald Times, Bloomington, IN, May 19, 2014
• Education is greatest threat to terrorists, Sandra Eagle, Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT, May 14, 2014
• We can help level the education playing field, Amina Akhil, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM, May 11, 2014
• Global Partnership for Education deserves strong, bipartisan support, Ken Schatz, Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, May 8 2014
• The United States should support global education effort, Randolph Splitter and Julie Anderson, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, April 27, 2014
• Funds sought to help get girls into classrooms, Carla Mettling, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, April 18, 2014
• Education: A local and global priority, Linwood Carlson, Crosscut, Seattle, WA, April 9, 2014
• Education for all children critical for a bright future, Ken Patterson, Citizen Times, Asheville, NC, March 30, 2014
• Educating girls is good investment, Becky Smith Conover, Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, March 7, 2014

Features

• Pop quiz: Is the international community passing or failing on educating the poor?, Tom Paulson, Humanosphere, May 22, 2014
• Ending poverty through education, Steve Dunkelberger, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, May 20, 2014
• Time to Support the Global Partnership for Education, ThirdEyeMom.com, May 18, 2014
• Connections with Liz Lane, Ed Gragert, KGNU, Boulder, CO, May 9, 2014
• Education for All Often Means Education for Some, Ed Gragert, Huffington Post, Online, May 6, 2014
• African nation finding support for education in Utah, Becky Wright, Standard Examiner, Ogden, UT, April, 24, 2014
• No bricks for desks: Benedicto Kondowe’s fight for quality education in Malawi, Lauren Pfeifer, ONE, April 10. 2014

Letters to the editor

• To lift people out of poverty, call the White House, Willie Dickerson, Real Change, Seattle, WA, June 25, 2014
• Global Partnership: Children deserve education, Judy Zizzo, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, June 22, 2014
• Invest in global education, Katy Windschill, Rome News-Tribune, Rome, GA, May 20, 2014
• A united global plan, Nancy Gardiner, The Advocate, Stamford, CT, May 17, 2014
• Speak up for early learning, Willie Dickerson, The Daily Herald, Everett, WA, June 16, 2014
• Global education, Ken Patterson, The Times News, Hendersonville, NC, June 14, 2014
• Global education funding yields big returns, Ken Schatz, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, June 12, 2014
• What if all kids were able to go to school?, Caroline Fleming, Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, June 11, 2014
• Invest in education, Madeline Becker, Ames Tribune, Ames, IA, June 10, 2014
• Global education fund creates a better world, Shabina Hussain, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, June 5, 2014
• Not all children go to school, or do so safely, Helen Henry, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, May 31, 2014
• 'Wish List' Important, Willie Dickerson, Marysville Globe, Marysville, WA, May 31, 2014
• Empowering through education, Kimberly Uchida, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 30, 2014
• U.S. should fund efforts to improve education around the world, Liz Clerkin, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, May 29, 2014
• Education needed for all children, Debbie Baskin, Park Record, Park City, UT, May 27, 2014
• Ending poverty is important to achieving peace and human rights in our world, Willie Dickerson, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, May 27, 2014
• Fund education and beat terrorism, Nancy Curtiss, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, May 27, 2014
• More U.S. money toward Global Education Fund will weaken ignorance and terrorism, John Hosek, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, May 27, 2014
• Children's future at stake around world, Leigh Cordetti, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, May 25, 2014
• Education should be available to all children, Willie Dickerson, Statesman Journal, Snohomish, WA, May 24, 2014
• All children deserve access to education, Kimberly Uchida, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, May 23, 2014
• Fight extremists, help children to school, Vivian Blyth, Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA, May 23, 2014 
• World education, Tyson Sperry, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 23, 2014 
• Nigeria: Contact delegation on school for girls, K. Jane Duncan, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, May 21, 2014
• All kids need schools, Lori Saltveit, Marian Independent Journal, San Rafael, CA, May 18, 2014
• Educating children, Debbie Baskin, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 18, 2014 
• Education key in creating change, Willie Dickerson, The Herald, Everett, WA, May 18, 2014
• #BringBackOurGirls should inspire us to act for the future, Cynthia Changyit Levin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, May 17, 2014
• Abducted Nigerian girls: U.S. should give to partnership for education, Robert C. Dickerson II, Seattle Times, Seattle WA, May 17 2014
• U.S. should back global schooling, Martha Myrick Rogers, Austin-American Statesman, Austin, TX, May 17, 2014 

• On Boko Haram: Could it get any worse than kidnapping schoolgirls?, Jeanie Essl , Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, May 16, 2014

• Terrorists are hoping US will not pledge funds to support girls' education, Willie Dickerson, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, May 13, 2014
• Let’s show same courage as girls in Nigeria, Barbara Drake, Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, May 13, 2014
• Support global education initiative, Eloise Sutherland, Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX, May 13, 2014
• Promoting education globally, Bob Dickerson, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, May 12, 2014
• Global Partnership for Education: Prepare kids for 21st century, Judy Zizzo, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, May 11, 2014
• Make rescue priority, Tom Zulauf, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, May 9, 2014

• Fight back with education, Jeanette Essl, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, May 8, 2014

• Support education for children worldwide, Beth Wilson, Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA,  May, 6 2014 
• Education for all, Heather Stein, News Observer, Raleigh, NC, May 6, 2014
• Fund restores school in war-torn regions, Pattie Hofland, News & Record, Greensboro, NC, May 3, 2014
• Nigerian Girls, Willie Dickerson, Miami Herald, Miami, FL, May 2, 2014
• Global Education, Willie Dickerson, The Oregonian, Oregon, WA, May 2, 2014
• Invest in education worldwide, Willie Dickerson, Napa Valley Register, Napa, CA,  May 1, 2014

• America can help raise global literacy, Sharon Solstice, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, April 30, 2014

• Don’t let extremists bar door to education, Stephanie Hellert, Citizen Times, Asheville, NC, April 30, 2014

• District should be proud of achievement awards, Willie Dickerson, Puyallup Herald, Puyallup, WA, April 30, 2014

• Grads, help the world, Willie Dickerson, San Francsico Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2014
• The world’s children need us, Jeanette Essl, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, April 20, 2014
• Fund the Global Partnership for Education, Margaret Smith, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, April 20, 2014
• Your voice can help educate children, Willie Dickerson, Lake Stevens Journal, Lake Stevens, WA, April 9, 2014
• Congress should help fund global education project, David Billings, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake, UT, April 6, 2014

• U.S. should contribute to fund that supports education in poorer countries, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Greg Campbell, St. Louis, MO, April 5, 2014

• Things you discover on a walk, Willie Dickerson, Your West Valley, Sun City, AZ, April 1, 2014
• The U.S. leads the world in reducing extreme poverty, Martin White, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, March 31, 2014
• Education in Afghanistan: Congress should do more to help children worldwide, Bob Dickerson, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, March 31, 2014
• Future depends on education, health care, Shirley Jane Hobbs, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, ND, March 16, 2014
• Education is important everywhere, Willie Dickerson, The Monroe Monitor and Valley News, Monroe, WA, March 11, 2014
• EDUCATION: The need is urgent, here and abroad, Phyllis A. Bjorkman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, March 11, 2014

• Education is important for all children, Willie Dickerson, Lake Stevens Journal, Lake Stevens, WA, March 5, 2014
• Education is key to progress, Barbara Drake, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, March 5, 2014
• Urge McMorris Rodgers to show leadership, Willie Dickerson, Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA, February 25, 2014
• Bill would help world’s children get an education, Willie Dickerson, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, February 20, 2104
• Educational outreach, Anne Child, American Statesman, Austin, TX, February 6, 2014
• Letter to the editor, Willie Dickerson, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, February, 4, 2014