Giving Compass' Take:

· Katie Dallas at Global Citizen reports that the United Kingdom is now the 74th signatory of the Safe Schools Declaration. The Declaration is made with an intent to protect and support education and condemn attacks on schools.

· What can be done to help prevent further attacks on schools, students, and teachers? How does this differ from the U.S.'s approach?

· Learn how the crisis in Syria has affected refugee children and education.

In a time when military action in Syria is drawing global attention, it is important to remember the innocent human lives — including the many children — that suffer during conflict. An often-overlooked consequence during these periods is the impact on education, despite how critical learning is for children to rebuild their war-torn communities.

More than a third of Syrian schools have been destroyed or damaged by fighting leaving nearly 2 million children out of the classroom. And another 600,000 who have fled their homes are not in school. The story is much the same with rising conflict across the globe — 246 million children experience some kind of school violence in the world today.

Thus it came as very welcome news when the UK became the 74th signatory to the Safe Schools Declaration — a commitment that serves as an official assurance that the UK will condemn attacks on schools, protect education during armed conflict, and offer supervision, services, and teaching to save children’s lives.

Read the full article about the UK's commit to safer schools by Katie Dallas at Global Citizen.