Non-ICT Reading:Community Schools: Reform's Lesser-Known Frontier

Community Schools: Reform's Lesser-Known Frontier. Sarah M. Fine. Edweek.com. Online February 2010. ... The Obama administration has taken up the task of settling the debate over whether America’s schools should be reformed by raising standards or by expanding community-based supports. The verdict? A resounding yes to both sides. …

Non-ICT Resources: ASCD Opens Middle East Offices.

ASCD Opens Middle East Offices. ASCD. Online March 2008. ASCD Middle East is first organization of its kind to provide educators in the region with tailored professional development and capacity building. … "Educators in the Middle East are hungry for sound professional development programs that address their unique local needs," said (Joseph) Ghaly (ASCD Middle East executive director). "ASCD Middle East will respond by offering resources and tailored training programs for educators in their native languages." … (Note from Ginny: Although listed as non-ICT, ASCD includes technology in their overview of education practices and resources. It is good to have some of their valuable resources translated into Arabic and Turkish.)

Non-ICT Reading Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 million girls still aren’t in school and what to do about it.

Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 million girls still aren’t in school and what to do about it. Maureen lewis and Marlaine Lockheed. Center for Global Development. Online August 2007. …Three quarters of the millions of girls worldwide who don’t go to school belong to ethnic, religious, linguistic, racial or other minority groups excluded from mainstream society. … highlights the often vast differences between girls from minority and majority groups in enrolling in and completing school—a previously neglected phenomenon. … the ways in which gender inequality intersects with different types of exclusion to exacerbate disadvantage. … available free in pdf format online, or can be purchased on paper.

Non-ICT Reading Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It.

Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't In School and What to do About It. Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed. Center for Global Development. Published December 2006. Online April 2007"The widespread neglect of the education of girls is one of the most distressing problems in the world today, which blights their future and damages the rest of the society as well. This is a very welcome report on an extraordinarily important problem …." Amartya Sen, .… Available in book form and online in pfd.

Non-ICT ReadingDon't Weigh the Elephant -- Feed the Elephant

Don't Weigh the Elephant -- Feed the Elephant. Milton Chen. Edutopia. Published February 2007. Online March 2007. Let's focus on giving kids what they need -- information about their own brains, it turns out. … (GW Note: I am always informed by Milton Chen's writings as well as delighted by his writing style and article titles.)

Non-ICT ReadingIntellectual illiteracy is the greatest challenge facing the Arab World.

Intellectual illiteracy is the greatest challenge facing the Arab World. Ahmed Maged. Daily Star Egypt. Online February 2007. ... Arab youth are undeniably at a crossroads. On the one hand they are dealing with modernism and western standards introduced into conservative societies. Meanwhile, Arab culture has become engrossed in appearances — the cosmetic — rather than the core issues. … This has in turn created a discrepancy between the spoken intent and incentive action, a politically and religiously-charged atmosphere where judgments are based on emotion rather than reason. … According to Fouad Al-Bana of Yemen’s Taauz University, Arab youth are today threatened by a high level of intellectual illiteracy. … According to Fouad Al-Bana of Yemen’s Taauz University, Arab youth are today threatened by a high level of intellectual illiteracy. … Al-Bana maintained that the Arab world suffers from a failure to understand the physical reality due to lack of proper channels and guidance needed to conduct research and acquire knowledge. … “This is why many young people are molded in threadbare traditions and remain change-resistant for fear new knowledge would endanger their long-established religious and social values. …