This post is to update the previous post, below.
Israel to Loosen Limits on Gaza Scholars, but with some restrictions, unfortunately.
You can the read the full story by clicking on the follow link:
14 June 2008
Peace can also be achieved through education, but….
How some shortsighted actions of governments prevent the promotion of peace through education.These are excerpts of an interesting article written by ETHAN BRONNER and published by the New York Times, online version:
“GAZA — The American State Department has withdrawn all Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza hoping to pursue advanced degrees at American institutions this fall because Israel has not granted them permission to leave…….
“A letter was sent by e-mail to the students on Thursday telling them of the cancellation. Abdulrahman Abdullah, 30, who had been hoping to study for an M.B.A. at one of several American universities on his Fulbright, was in shock when he read it. ……..”
“If we are talking about peace and mutual understanding, it means investing in people who will later contribute to Palestinian society,” he said. “I am against Hamas. Their acts and policies are wrong. Israel talks about a Palestinian state. But who will build that state if we can get no training?”…
You can read the entire article by clicking on the following link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/world/middleeast/30gaza.html?th&emc=th
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16 May 2008
The social importance of education
We should all start raising awareness on an important social issue such as education, which will make some real impact on people.
Schools should be mission-driven institutions and not sheer employers.
Any nation with a low literacy rate and a public school system near collapse, is particularly vulnerable.
Capital markets have the power to transform the society we live in through responsible investing as a form of activism.
If only a small percentage of the funds allocated for the “war on terror” would be invested in education, the whole world will be better and safer.
It is not an idealistic approach, it can be achieved if we all “march with the mouse” by promoting the importance of education.
To better illustrate our point we refer to the following event:
Teachers is France have been striking against the French government’s plan to reduce the number of teachers in the upcoming years.
If the plan happens as expected the quality of education will deteriorate because in each classroom the number of students will increase. Therefore each teacher has less time to devote to every student.
On the other hand of the political spectrum the same government is planning to send additional troops to Afghanistan.
Schools should be mission-driven institutions and not sheer employers.
Any nation with a low literacy rate and a public school system near collapse, is particularly vulnerable.
Capital markets have the power to transform the society we live in through responsible investing as a form of activism.
If only a small percentage of the funds allocated for the “war on terror” would be invested in education, the whole world will be better and safer.
It is not an idealistic approach, it can be achieved if we all “march with the mouse” by promoting the importance of education.
To better illustrate our point we refer to the following event:
Teachers is France have been striking against the French government’s plan to reduce the number of teachers in the upcoming years.
If the plan happens as expected the quality of education will deteriorate because in each classroom the number of students will increase. Therefore each teacher has less time to devote to every student.
On the other hand of the political spectrum the same government is planning to send additional troops to Afghanistan.
5 May 2008
The importance of education and the risk of lack of it
Every nation’s future is strictly associated to how well it educates the current and upcoming generations.
It is disheartening to notice that “education” seems to be a nonexistent issue in any political campaign, especially in the present U.S. presidential campaign.
More than a million American kids drop out of high school every year, according to official statistics, in a world that is becoming more and more competitive every day.
“We have one of the highest dropout rates in the industrialized world,” said Allan Golston, the president of U.S. programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Education lifts families out of poverty and expands its horizons.
Illiteracy is one of the roots of problems dogging the world today.
Education should aim to promote interfaith understanding and stress multiculturalism and universal values.
Some teachers instead don’t have knowledge, but they are influential, because they use the schools to advance their own political agenda.
Real life is more complicated than black-and-white ideology.
It is disheartening to notice that “education” seems to be a nonexistent issue in any political campaign, especially in the present U.S. presidential campaign.
More than a million American kids drop out of high school every year, according to official statistics, in a world that is becoming more and more competitive every day.
“We have one of the highest dropout rates in the industrialized world,” said Allan Golston, the president of U.S. programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Education lifts families out of poverty and expands its horizons.
Illiteracy is one of the roots of problems dogging the world today.
Education should aim to promote interfaith understanding and stress multiculturalism and universal values.
Some teachers instead don’t have knowledge, but they are influential, because they use the schools to advance their own political agenda.
Real life is more complicated than black-and-white ideology.
29 April 2008
Strike over teachers' pay closes thousands of schools in U.K.
More than a million children are affected by the strike over teachers' pay.
This is what happens when governments’ priorities are mixed up.
Governments find the necessary funds to send troops in foreign Countries to wage wars based on false information, but they come across many difficulties in taking care of the very basic needs on the nation: EDUCATION.
Any investment in Education has a long and beneficial effect on the future of the Nation.
This is what happens when governments’ priorities are mixed up.
Governments find the necessary funds to send troops in foreign Countries to wage wars based on false information, but they come across many difficulties in taking care of the very basic needs on the nation: EDUCATION.
Any investment in Education has a long and beneficial effect on the future of the Nation.
13 April 2008
Education for a better world
If a small percentage of the money spent for the “war on terror” would be invested in education, the entire world would be a better and safer place.
The best and the only way to promote democracy is through education, by building schools, giving free access to the less fortunate children.
Educated children will be able to make better choices for their lives, and will not be enticed by any type of religious or political radicals.
It is rather regrettable that during any election campaign “education” seems to be a back-burner issue, instead of being the main subject.
Money invested in education has a lifelong valuable effect on any society.
There are already many rewards in learning: gaining understanding of yourself and others.
Learning is also the route to more commonplace rewards, like getting into good colleges and getting good jobs.
Teachers’ unions should be agents of progress and not stalemate.
Better salaries for teachers will increase the quality of the school system.
The assumption that underlies the project is simple: people respond to incentives.If you want people to do something, you have to make it worth their while.
This assumption drives virtually all of economic theory.
The best and the only way to promote democracy is through education, by building schools, giving free access to the less fortunate children.
Educated children will be able to make better choices for their lives, and will not be enticed by any type of religious or political radicals.
It is rather regrettable that during any election campaign “education” seems to be a back-burner issue, instead of being the main subject.
Money invested in education has a lifelong valuable effect on any society.
There are already many rewards in learning: gaining understanding of yourself and others.
Learning is also the route to more commonplace rewards, like getting into good colleges and getting good jobs.
Teachers’ unions should be agents of progress and not stalemate.
Better salaries for teachers will increase the quality of the school system.
The assumption that underlies the project is simple: people respond to incentives.If you want people to do something, you have to make it worth their while.
This assumption drives virtually all of economic theory.
7 April 2008
Education and the racial divide
Studies show that many poor but bright children do not receive good advice about applying for college and scholarships, or do not receive help after starting college.
In recent years, 11 percent of children from the poorest families, in the USA, have earned college degrees, compared with 53 percent of children from the top fifth.
The researchers found that Hispanic and black Americans were falling behind whites and Asians in earning college degrees, making it harder for them to enter the middle class or higher.
The study highlights the powerful role that college can have in helping people change their station in life. Someone born into a family in the lowest fifth of earners who graduates from college has a 19 percent chance of joining the highest fifth of earners in adulthood and a 62 percent chance of joining the middle class or better.
The authors of the study, by scholars at the Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, warned that widening gaps in higher education between rich and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities for the poorest families.
Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last three decades.
In recent years, 11 percent of children from the poorest families, in the USA, have earned college degrees, compared with 53 percent of children from the top fifth.
The researchers found that Hispanic and black Americans were falling behind whites and Asians in earning college degrees, making it harder for them to enter the middle class or higher.
The study highlights the powerful role that college can have in helping people change their station in life. Someone born into a family in the lowest fifth of earners who graduates from college has a 19 percent chance of joining the highest fifth of earners in adulthood and a 62 percent chance of joining the middle class or better.
The authors of the study, by scholars at the Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, warned that widening gaps in higher education between rich and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities for the poorest families.
Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last three decades.
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