Apr 30
I recently read a story on CNN about a community in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam that resides in and around a waste dump. Parents and their children spend hours a day, from when they wake to when they finally go to sleep, picking through trash for items that will keep them alive- food, …
Apr 25
Earlier this month a high school student from Ohio was banned from wearing a t-shirt that was meant to be supportive of National Day of Silence, an event created to draw attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Maverick Couch is one of the only openly gay students at his …
Apr 23
If you’ve had the chance to read my most recent posts, you know that the International Development Conference was held at Harvard earlier this month. I’ve written about some of the key takeaways from the education and women in development panels, but I wanted to write something about the overall conference and what I took …
Apr 16
When we think about the core of America, what do we think? Maybe the core of America is hard work, commitment to family, or values like freedom and liberty. There are a lot of things in our American society that link us together to core American standards. In recent years, the idea of a “core” …
Apr 16
Harvard’s 18th annual International Development Conference was held in Cambridge on Saturday. I had the opportunity to attend and sit in on some great panels about education, women, and corruption- all related to development. Speakers from the UN, the World Bank, USAID, and even one of Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people in the …
Apr 16
California community college introducing a two-tiered tuition system for a spot in class Higher education is perhaps one of the most controversial and hot button topics that come up on an almost perennial basis. The current debate revolving around universities and colleges hones in on high tuition rates and budget cuts. While students feel frustrated …
Mar 19
What type of higher education is best for you? I have written countless articles that revolve around the topic of college, and the significance of a college education. As a college student myself, I am a firm believer that education is an important tool that will benefit young people in the future. However, the worldwide …
Mar 14
We can all remember when we were children on the last day of school. In the excitement of summer vacation we ran from the school bus in the warm spring air with our backpacks on and our annual report card in our hand. From the thrilled straight A student to the C average student, every …
Mar 09
The Programme for International Student Assessment, or “PISA,” is an international study that made its first run in 2000. The purpose of the test is to compare results of 15 year old students around the world and to rank each country by how successful the students score. The test is distributed and analyzed every three …
Feb 22
I recently wrote a post about the rising gay teen suicide rate due to bullying in schools. After researching and reading about the increasingly devastating number of LGBT youth who have committed suicide, I attempted to come up with a strong plan that might put an end this tragedy. Through my scouring of the web, …
