The Global Search for Education: Women – Part 3
“Today, women’s movements are mobilizing with strong support from men, holding greater promise that gender equity can be achieved.” — Mary King Educated women with financial backing, technology and connections can contribute to their economies and further the growth of their societies just as efficiently and successfully as men. Yet discrimination against women burdens our world in so many devastating...
The Global Search for Education: Women – Part 2
“China and India are problematic. China ranks second lowest on health and survival measures, largely because of female infanticide. India ranks lowest among large emerging markets.” — Ian Scott Throughout history, making progress towards gender equality has been a long and hard fought battle. Today, the violation of women’s rights in emerging markets and around the world still remains widespread. It...
The Global Search for Education: Women – Part 1
“The 21st century asks colleges to re-conceive the mission of gender equality on a global level. It also provides an opening to do this in a globally collaborative way that informs and advances all.” — Jane McAuliffe. Photo courtesy of Tatiana Philiptchenko. Gender equality can become a lived reality if citizens of the world continue to make it a global goal. In The Global Search for Education: Women, I...
The Global Search for Education: Girls
“My argument in favor of educating girls is more practical. We should do it because it is an incredibly powerful tool for ending global poverty.” — Richard Robbins Girl Rising is the feature film to be released on March 7th, which tells the unforgettable stories of nine real and remarkable girls from Peru, Haiti, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, India, Nepal and Cambodia. The girls’ stories...
The Global Search For Education – Give Them Access, They Will Come
Congratulations to Dr. Sugata Mitra on winning the 2013 TED Prize. While I am not entirely sure of what your School in a Cloud model will ultimately look like, allow me to share some thoughts and perspectives as you continue your journey to build it. After screening the soon to be released film Girl Rising last night, I am convinced we need a School in a Cloud concept to help solve the tragic problem of children who have no school at...
The Global Search for Education: Health and Education
“Highly prevalent, specific health problems have powerful effects on students’ motivation and ability to learn, and have not been addressed well in our nation’s schools.” — Chuck Basch Today I begin a series of articles to focus on problems that affect our domestic achievement gap, with the objective of identifying solutions for these issues. Should health disparities be a fundamental part of...
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