I’ve got a hole in my pocket much bigger than a quarter. A year ago in Abu Dhabi I lived amongst riches, slept between white crisp bed sheets that were laundered every day by mostly Indian or Thai hotel workers, who shamefully became a natural part of my backdrop—the […]
In the field of education, Wade Boykin of Howard University and Pedro Noguera of New York University presented together at ASCD’s annual conference last Saturday. The topic was closing the achievement gap. The solution calls for a whole child education, a term meant to encompass the latest approach to schooling. […]
On The Role of Interpretation In Collaboration with Carla Abdel-Karim “Education is one of the most powerful tools and important pillars of a flourishing nation: without it a society can wither and die… No amount of infrastructure, from highways to high-rises or televisions to telecommunications, can ever equal the power of education. It is our […]
Forgive me, God- for I am writing this from the comfort of a five star hotel. While young men and women are battling each other for freedom on the streets of Cairo, I am taking a jog around a manicured Abu Dhabi, a safe haven while I toil with all that has become undone. Forgive […]
For Women All Over… There is no such thing as happiness, she sighed. Then she leaned back into her lounge chair, a movement that forced her false teeth to press down on her lower lip. A pale blue film covered her black eyes. It was a sign of old age not blindness. Her stare drifted […]
A Dialogue between Mr. Jason Manseau and Dr. Raquel Rios. Jason Manseau is a forth year undergraduate student majoring in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo. He can be reached by phone at 519-496-2751 or electronic mail at jremim@gmail.com Raquel Rios, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Real World Professional Development, a […]
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