Forbes March 16, 2025
For many children, education feels like a chore. If you’re a parent, you’re likely familiar with the daily struggles over homework, exams, and school responsibilities. Beyond these challenges, the financial burden of education looms large, including in high income countries like the United States, where private schooling is increasingly expensive and difficult to access. And there is worse.
By 2025, approximately 234 million school-aged children globally will experience disruptions to their education due to crises, with 85 million completely out of school. These sobering figures highlight deep-rooted educational disparities that extend beyond low-income regions — where 33% of children remain out of school—to high-income countries, where soaring tuition fees and systemic inequalities further widen the...