Truemors
The South has a Good Story to Tell
"The fast-changing modern world is raising the living standards of billions in the South – China alone has lifted 400 million people out of poverty since the 1980s - but it is also risking the loss of many rich...
All is not so well in Kerala as Shirin Shirin says….
Shirin Shirin over at Asia Times blow up Kerala as a rosy, rosy state in India from where the world leaders can take some cue in surviving the economic crisis. Obviously he has cited the examples of education, health care and other social indices which we have heard quite a... 
21st Centrury Classroom in the Hills of Dade City
"Twenty miles north of Tampa, Fla., turning east on Hwy 52, flatwoods of evergreens and monotony give way to rolling hills turned cattle land and valleys that hold December morning mists and wax nostalgic for...
Maldives presidential candidate Ibra To “Throw Away The Curriculum”
"Presidential candidate Ibrahim Ismail (Ibra) on Sunday attacked the current administration over what he said was a series of education “failures”. Noting a 5 per cent pass rate in GCSE O-level English in...
Local SF Shelter Resident Puts New Books In Shelters- Without Funding !
Friday, April 4, 2008Shelter Resident Creates Libraries Inside San Francisco Shelters Without Funding !San Francisco has an abundance of talent, ideas, creativity and 'outof the box' thinking -- right inside of our own tax funded HomelessShelters. We have some great shelter...
The Young Hardworking Poor of Rural Bangladesh
In rural Bangladesh, eight years old is old enough to start putting food on the table. That was the first, but not last, surprise in my recent trip to a rural village in Bangladesh called Madhupur. Madhupur is... 
Teaching Revolution Promises Solution to Dyslexia
Good news for children who have difficulty reading and writing, help is on its way.Updated December 5, 2007: Dyslexic children Project wins £3m funding!" A £3m programme to help dyslexic children who are... 
BigT’s Roundup - Illiterate Kids, Chavez, Stocks, Clinton, and MORE!
Fine, America’s fourth graders aren’t actually “illiterate” but we are falling behind other countries according to a story from AP.
The last time this test was given was in 2001 and since then our scores
have stayed flat while others have increased. Now we’re... 
Australian Scientology Volunteer Ministers Join Grassroots Initiative to Tack...
A study published in a recent edition of the Medical Journal of Australia reporting that some 60 percent of Aborigines are chronic marijuana users brings home the urgency of this week's launch of Communities...
Children who can’t write their own name
" Forty per cent of children struggle to write their own name or to sound out letters to form simple words such as “dog” or “red” by the age of 5, government figures show. The annual assessments of children’s progress during their first year in school also show...
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