Here’s a photo image passing around on Facebook. Is it sad but true? I guess it depends on how you see the world. Since it hits such a chord and ten’s of thousands of people have shared it, there must be some truth here:
The recent passing of African Nobel laureate, Wangari Maathai, got me thinking about her many contributions to life on our planet; and also about a less publicized role she played – as a mother. I wrote about her struggle and that of too many women of child-bearing age for ABC’s Million Moms Challenge. Read the…
The age difference between my oldest child and youngest is ten years. The daughter who was in third grade on September 11, 2001 started her first year of college last week, and the “baby” is now at the same school, sitting in the exact same elementary classroom as her big sister did on 9/11/01. I…
U.S. students rank below 30th in math, 23rd in science, 17th in reading out of 30 developed countries (Dec 2010 OECD-PISA results). In 1995, the United States was #1 in the world in college graduation rate. In 2005, it was 15th. 90% of American students cannot find Afghanistan on a map. (Roper/National Geographic poll) 91%…
I’m often amazed by the convergence of so many important, sacred holidays within the same few weeks of the year. If a being from a peaceful planet came to earth this week and got a bird’s eye view, I wonder what lessons they would take away from this coming together on the calendar? I doubt…
TEDxNYED Homa Tavangar video link Earlier in March I had the great honor of joining several hundred people committed to innovation in education in various forms, for the TEDxNYED conference. The speaker roster, folks behind the scenes and participants I met (like Nathan Dudley of the NY Harbor School) truly inspired me, with their sincerity,…
