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Education First

The Huffington Post
September 24th, 2012

Our internationally agreed development goals are a complex tapestry, and education is an indispensable thread.

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How Secure Land Rights Could Get Millions of Kids Back to School

good.is
September 14th, 2012

A close look at the profile of the children who remain out of school points the way toward bridging that last mile and achieving universal elementary education. The profiles are strikingly similar in country after country around the world: it is the poor, rural girls who most often stay out of school.

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Inside Look: FairMail Helps Global Youth Become Commercial Photographers

good.is
September 13th, 2012

“Who would have thought kids [would be] able to take such good pictures that can compete in the global photography market?”

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Schools Join Empathy and Compassion Debate

Positive News
September 1st, 2012

Mind with Heart is encouraging schools to make empathy and compassion priority topics for the next academic year.

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Natalie Warne: Being Young And Making An Impact

TEDTalks Video
July 3rd, 2012

At 18, Natalie Warne’s work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. At TEDxTeen she uses her inspiring story to remind us that no one is too young to change the world.

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Dreaming Wide Awake: The Powerful Youth Voice, the DREAM Act, and Election 2012

good.is
September 19th, 2012

By Emily Falk On June 15, 2012, after years of congressional and executive inaction, the Obama Administration announced that undocumented immigrants under the age of 30, who came to the United States before the age of 16, pose no criminal or security threat, and have been successful students or served in the military, would be eligible [...]

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Peacemaking circles become a way of living on Chicago’s South Side

Waging Nonviolence
September 14th, 2012

A Peacemaking Circle is a practice of restorative justice that seeks an alternative to the traditional approaches of the criminal justice system. It seeks to address and repair the harm that has been done to the victim and the community, but also to not give up on the perpetrator.

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Thanks to Student Activism, Los Angeles Schools Have Banned Styrofoam

September 4th, 2012

Thanks to some vigorous student activism, the era of ubiquitous Styrofoam in the Los Angeles Unified School District is over. The decision makes LAUSD the first school district in the nation to issue such a ban.

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Millennial Social Entrepreneurs Are Making Their Own Education

Ashoka Yobo Member
August 13th, 2012

In the old world, youth were expected to become adults before they could effect change. But this is a new world, where parents, teachers, and adult allies have to believe in the power of youth.

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UNOY Peace Builders: An International Organization Dedicated To Youth As Agents Of Peace

NorthcentralPA
June 26th, 2012

They choose to focus on the integration of youth in peace building because young people are most open to change, are future-oriented, are idealistic and innovative, courageous, and knowledgeable about their peers’ realities and needs.

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