In a Legal Studies class I’m currently taking, I recently learned about an important problem relating to juvenile justice: the school-to-prison pipeline. While I was lucky enough to be living in an excellent school district, many other children in the U.S. simply don’t have that luxury. Today, the crisis of educational inequity in the U.S….
Recently, through a particularly enlightening conversation with a friend, I realized that there are, essentially, two pathways or methods of thinking about social change and development approaches. There is the “capitalistic” mode of thinking, and the “social justice” mode of thinking. While this is, essentially, the split that so starkly separates the Democrats from the…
We’re overeducated and underexperienced, when really it should be the other way around. It’s a pity – and a case of misallocated resources – considering higher education is getting more and more expensive while salaries are not really keeping up in these economic times. I keep hearing advice from people: get this Master’s degree, or…
In the past decade, as we all know, social enterprise and business has become incredibly popular. The idea is incredibly compelling: utilize business practices while also bettering the world. Unleash the power of the market to solve social problems. We can make money and do good. Along with its increasing popularity, the demand for learning…
Everything begins in the education of the mind. Improve the mind, and that person will improve other people’s minds. Good causes will arise, hope will exist and change will come. Most minds are already powerful, but fear stops that power from unleashing. Remove fear and things will happen. The thing about fearless people is that…
I haven’t done Feature Friday in quite a while, unfortunately, since I have been so busy this summer. So today I decided to double the effort and feature two great initiatives. Here’s the first one….and check my next blog post for #2! Better World Books Better World Books (BWB) is in my eyes – the…