While I am a huge proponent for learning, I am not bent on the importance of school.
In fact, when you think about it, school is often the least likely place to learn what you really need in life:
Education
Schoola: Save Money, Raise Money!
As schools across the United States make budget cuts, many of the first programs to go by the wayside includes music, art, drama, physical education and anything else that isn’t straightforward ‘book learning.’
But in actuality, it is these exact kind of activities that make general book learning all the more effective!
Ashton’s Thoughts on Race in America [Video]
This is probably one of the best conversation starters on race, diversity and inequality in America I’ve seen.
Ashton’s thoughts on a number of topics are open, honest and without any kind of malice. It’s pure and unfiltered.
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Switzerland Child Sex Education Goes Too Far
Child sex education in Basel Switzerland has taken a disturbing turn as new materials for 30 primary schools and kindergartens include a “sex box” full of dolls, puzzles, books, wooden penises and fabric vaginas.
But wait, there’s more!
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Classrooms from Around the World [Photos]
Photographer Julian Germain started a cool photo project back in the mid-2000’s.
He took pictures of school kids in their classrooms around his area in England and then began to expand these photos from around the world (including Holland—pictured above):
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Genderqueer: Identified as Neither Male nor Female
Colleges around the US are beginning to ad a third option when students enroll in college.
In addition to male and female, a third option that is reflective of neither sex is now being added — genderqueer.
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Overcoming His Stutter with Music [Video]
Educating Yorkshire is an inspiring documentary television program from the BBC that focuses on the “ups and downs of life at Thornhill Community Academy” school. It’s “a warm and humorous exploration of what it’s like to grow up or work in a secondary school in the heart of a diverse northern community.”
On one of the more recent episodes, a student by the name of Mushy had a severe stutter. His teacher had an idea to overcome his stutter and the results are amazing:
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Female Literacy: Educating Girls in Poverty [Infographic]
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As you can see by the infographic (above), educating girls in poverty will change the world.
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Teachers Making A Difference [Video]
It’s teachers like Ms. Reifler that can make all the difference in a child’s life:
What Non-Profits and the Church Can Learn from BRAC
Will public education is available in most poor countries around the world, you’ll find 100 or more children in a class, making teaching next to difficult as materials consist of a chalkboard and a day full of memorization style learning–which is hardly learning at all.
Thankfully, BRAC is changing the developing world’s educational landscape.
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