Girls’ Education

How does a lemonade stand turn into a full-fledged business? Programs designed to inspire young entrepreneurs teach American children valuable skills.

Learn how watching American astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1969 landing on the moon inspired a 7-year-old Costa Rican girl to pursue a career at NASA.

Learn how a major problem affecting the health, education and dignity of millions of women and girls around the world can be fixed right now.

Girls make up half the world's population, but many lack opportunities to learn skills. Support girls' ability to gain training for good jobs.

Melania Trump, in Africa, saw up close the needs of Malawi's children at a school with 110 pupils per teacher. The U.S. donates millions of books to Malawi.

Getting an American-style education outside the U.S. is now a little bit easier, thanks to the growing number of international branch campuses.

Find out how the U.S. is helping to build a literate world where everyone has an equal chance to succeed in life and work.

Find out how model Karlie Kloss' curiosity about how Instagram worked ultimately helped more than 1,000 girls and young women in America learn how to code.

Young women in Afghanistan are learning how to code — and how to speak up on national issues. Students at Code to Inspire, a computer science program for girls, built a game to call out the Taliban's opium trade.