In the past 16 years the World Bank has committed more than $2 billion to education in India. Attendance of primary school, which was the first goal, has dramatically improved, however secondary education is still struggling, so India is now turning its focus to that.

Overview of a project to improve elementary education in India I've looked into. Pretty cool because it mentions increasing accountability a lot as did the MENA article.

While more children are being schooled and the literacy rate is rising, MENA schools are not sufficiently preparing their students for work, especially considering the GDPs of these countries and the percent of these GDPs they are spending on education.

Simon Anholt speaks about the "Good Country Index." Maybe this could be a part of data dives in the future?

Further development in the relationship between the US and Russia in Syria. John Kerry will meet with Russia's Sergey Lavrov in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday along with foreign ministers from a few other countries that support the rebels and possibly Iran (which supports Assad). PS: This article is way more interesting than my first one so I recommend this one more unless you're in the mood to question humanity and be sad.

81 more civilians were killed in Aleppo today. Up to 300 people have been killed in the past 3 weeks. In response to Aleisha's article, I think this pretty much proves that the cease-fire (which was created about a month ago) has been obliterated.

Swiss aristocrat founds boarding school for child brides in North Indian villages so that they may finish their high school education before being sent to their husbands.

Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart reach an agreement between Russia and the US intended to reduce conflict in Syria, however agreement is plagued with mistrust and loopholes.