Ava Weitl received a warm welcome at her elementary school after spending two years at the Mayo Clinic due to heart failure.

Manitowoc Girl Scout Amber Fiecko saw a need at Roncalli High School. Her idea won her a Gold Award. 'My Gold Award project taught me skills like confidence, adaptability and the importance of ...

With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools The female secondary and higher education ban has been controversial in Afghanistan, even within ...

With no option for higher education, many girls and women are turning to madrassas instead.

At the age of 13, Nahideh is in the last grade of primary school, the limit of education allowed for girls in Afghanistan. The country's Taliban government banned girls from secondary school and ...