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A school district's Board of Education has to handle many aspects of public education from finance and operations to performance and outcomes. Hear from candidates for the Lee's Summit school board.

A school district's Board of Education has to handle many aspects of public education from finance and operations to performance and outcomes. Hear from candidates for the Smithville R-2 School Board.

Dow Appoints Sami Mainich President for Africa to Bolster Regional Focus

Dow (NYSE: Dow) (www.Dow.com), one of the world’s leading materials science companies, has appointed Sami Mainich as the President of its Africa operations, effective immediately.  Mainich previously served as the Managing Director for Dow North and West Africa. Based in Cairo, Egypt, he will be accountable for capitalizing on market opportunities, working closely with the […]

Dr. Lenneal Henderson, a professor at Virginia State University, has traveled the world throughout his career. He says it is “all part of The Experiment’s basket of blessings.” Dr. Lenneal Henderson knows exactly when his life changed forever. It was the day after he graduated from Lowell High School in 1965. That was the day […]

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Feb. 15, 2023) – Prairie View A&M University has been awarded a grant to host one of four Increase and Diversity Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) workshops organized by World Learning.

“We have sham hearings about issues related to the border, and we’re not doing the hard work of really passing comprehensive immigration, migration and asylum policy,” U.S. Rep. Becca Balint said Monday in a home-state meeting on the issue.

On December 13, Sen. Leahy submitted a floor statement to the U.S. Senate in recognition of World Learning’s 90th anniversary. The statement highlighted the global impact World Learning, School for International Training, and The Experiment in International Living have made over nine decades and thanked the staff, faculty, alumni, and participants for their important ongoing […]

In November 2022, participants of the Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF) gathered in Washington, DC, and Tunisia for parallel receptions that celebrated their ongoing journey in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Formerly known as the Leaders for Democracy Fellows Program, LDF is an initiative that began in […]

World Learning hosted the Youth Ambassadors Alumni Summit last week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Youth Ambassadors Program. A total of 75 alumni representing more than 20 countries attended the summit held in Washington, DC. Lee Satterfield, assistant secretary of state for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Cultural Affairs, and […]