Dear President Clinton,
“Closing the achievement gap” is a phrase that has become identified with a particular style of education reform, which defines achievement mostly in terms of test scores. While I support goals related to accountability, there are other methods of measuring achievement and other challenges that deserve attention.
Read MoreDear President Clinton,
I want to live in a world where we enable each other, further each other and respect each other. I want a world that doesn’t treat women like second-class citizens—as hollow souls without passions and dreams.
Read MoreThe class of 2016 includes: Olajumoke Joyce Ajayi (Lagos, Nigeria) – Ajayi is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria and holds a Law Degree from The Nigerian Law School.
Read MoreThe Comcast NBC Universal Leadership Awards recognize outstanding City Year alumni who are continuing their commitment to strengthening community, inspiring, mobilizing, and empowering others, creating and developing sustainable solutions for social change and who exemplify the core values of City Year.
Read MoreDear President Clinton,
In her remarks at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Hillary Clinton declared that “human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights”.
Read MoreMalnutrition is the greatest single threat to the world’s public health. Today in Nepal, I am observing and learning from best practice approaches adopted and implemented by USAID, UNICEF, Heifer, and Win-Rock Intl.
Read MoreCurrently, this journey with renewable energy is bringing me around the world. I am sitting at an internet café watching humpback whales breach off the coast of Tonga, where I have worked with the highly lauded Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM) and a community born-and-raised climate resiliency NGO.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Change the Way We Educate Our Youth. The Bishnois are the original “tree huggers” and India’s – possibly the world’s – first environmentalists.
Read MoreUniversity of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will host Dr. Dorian Jano, executive director with the Albanian Institute of Public Affairs and Lecturer of European Studies at University Marin Barleti in Tirana, Albania, August 16 through September 14.
Read MoreI’m thrilled that this is a growing trend, as I believe strongly that we are much happier when we live more harmoniously with one another and with the planet – when we consume less and share better. For many years, one of my personal and professional missions has been to promote recycling, but collaborative consumption takes waste reduction to a whole new level.
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