International Literacy Day
In recognition of International Literacy Day, I will post today about literacy. Anthony Westbury recently wrote about illiteracy in both the United States and the world. I include an excerpt: “If You...
View ArticleWork-Education Houses
I completely believe we can end poverty by investing in education. We do not need any more charity, and charity alone will not end poverty. Universally providing high-quality education to all children...
View ArticleAdmissions Essays
The following is a paid review: Children born into poverty who escape the poverty trap often do it in part by getting into a good college. Additionally, any person greatly reduces their chances of ever...
View ArticleFinding Education and Jobs That People Love
Often times on this blog I talk about the need to ensure that people obtain education and employment as a means to fight poverty and ensure financial stability. Of course, to make that effective we...
View ArticleBrown Calls Reading a Ladder out of Poverty
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the UK, referred to reading as a ladder out of poverty. He also said, “It’s not just the joy of reading, father-to-son or in the classroom. It’s also the benefits of...
View ArticleShort-Term Education
An important part of helping people avoid or escape poverty is short-term education. People may not have enough money to go to school for a long time, and they need the education to make more money....
View ArticleCollins College on Squidoo
Squidoo provides helpful information about various topics with pages created by users. One interesting page on Squidoo is the one for Collins College: http://www.squidoo.com/Collins-College Collins...
View ArticleEducation Beats Poverty
I just read a great commentary by Oliver “Buzz” Thomas in which he refers to education as a path out of poverty. Basically, Thomas explains that we cannot use old methods to fight poverty in the new...
View ArticleRequiring Healthcare with Education Funding
I could criticize the No Child Left Behind Act. But almost all the people with whom I have spoken about it have expressed strong criticism of it themselves. Namely, they make note of the obvious flaws...
View ArticleRunning for Charity: Harvard’s Summer Urban Program
My younger brother has been training for months to run the Boston Marathon in April. In addition to running a sum of more than 900 miles in training, he has pledged to raise over $5,000 for Harvard’s...
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