Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
Writing with pen and paper is better for learning
Writing with a pen and paper has almost become a thing of the past. But before you throw all your pens in the trash you might want to keep a few to use when taking notes. Writing with pen and paper is more conducive to learning. When you write with a pen and paper you put your notes in your own Read More...
5 tips for making history
Oral history for beginners. Truska Bast | July/August Issue 2012 1. Determine your central question. What is it you want to find out? Your interests will probably shift during the project, but make sure you have a focus. Delineate your territory to keep from getting bogged down. Also, ask Read More...
Running for our lives
In a small Haitian town devastated by the earthquake, communal jogging is helping kids rebuild their shattered lives. Sara Bernard | July/August 2011 issue When I was volunteering for All Hands Volunteers in Léogâne, Haiti—building schools, visiting orphanages and clearing the rubble from Read More...
Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are
By: Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-chief Nigerian novelist Ben Okri tackles the really big questions of our time: inequality, immigration, education and, yes, love. He does this by looking at the world and then deep inside himself until he touches the source of his own truth. We live in an age when sound Read More...