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In the midst of the talk of billion-dollar bank bailouts and trillion-dollar stimulus packages, it is easy to lose sight of the human face of ordinary people who have become unwitting victims of the financial crisis across the globe. The US has a tremendous opportunity to take the lead on education. President Barack Obama has made a commitment to support the establishment of a Global Fund for Education with a down payment of $2 billion as a contribution to filling the $11 billion global education deficit.