Thomas Friedman, an op-ed columnist for the NY Times, in an April 21st column titled ‘Swimming Without a Suit’ commented on the negative economic impact of the United States failure to place an emphasis on retaining the worldwide lead in providin quality education to all citizens. The article can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/opinion/22friedman.html?_r=1 .
As Friedman notes, according [...]
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The Value of Qaulity Education
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sustainability in Education
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The trend, these days, in funding developing world projects is to apply market based principles to development projects in the hopes of supporting underserved entrepreneurs and others to gain enough financial independence to pull themselves out of poverty. Sustainability, they call it. If you do not mention this word in a project proposal, grant application, [...]
The Horse Can’t Fight
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I saw something today that I never thought I would see, or, at least, necessarily thought I wanted to see: blind men working in a wood shop. Just picture that for a moment. See what I’m talking about – on first thought that’s a dangerous setting. I know plenty of men with perfect eye sight [...]
A Whirlwind…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let me apologize, once again, for the delay in posting. It’s been over a month since my last post – unacceptable – I’ll try to do better this month. Below, I’ve listed a few highlights and thoughts from my experiences over the last month. While they may be a bit scattered, I hope you find [...]
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