Martin Haberman Columnist EdNews.org Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin Milwaukee The media remind us daily that the fundamental source of terrorism and instability is high and continuous unemployment. We are bombarded with images of males of all ages engaged in demonstrations, protests and various forms of violence.
You are cordially invited to hear Dr. Barry Stern, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of education under President George H. W. Bush (#41). Our guest speaker will describe the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education and the Worldwide Workforce Development Initiative. Both topics have implications for business, industry, and education for the youth and workforce of America as well as around the world.
By Barry Bearak QALAI SAYEDAN, Afghanistan: With their teacher absent, 10 students were allowed to leave school early. These were the girls the gunmen saw first, 10 easy targets walking hand-in-hand through the blue metal gate and on to the winding dirt road.
By Shaheen Buneri Foreign Correspondent EdNews.org MINGORA PAKISTAN: The campaign launched by a religious cleric thorough his FM channel against girls education is getting momentum as hundreds of girls students have stopped attending their schools on the advice of their elders.
The Haberman International Policy Institute in Education, a division of Haberman Educational Foundation Inc., is devoted to extending the mission of improving the educational opportunities for children and youth in poverty to schools and preparatory institutions internationally.
To mark Global Action Week, 23-29 April, UNESCO is organizing a photo exhibition in homage to leading Afghan defender of girls’ education, Safia Ama Jan, who was murdered in 2006 for her activism. A UNESCO study on violence against education personnel, dedicated to her memory, will be launched on April 27.
Barry Stern, Ph.D. is an educational and workforce development consultant and Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education. FOLLOWING IS A COMPOSITE STORY OF STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, DETROIT, FLINT AND OTHER CITIES WHO IMPROVED THEIR WORK AND COLLEGE READINESS THROUGH AN INTENSIVE, COMPUTER-ASSISTED, TEAM TAUGHT PROGRAM CALLED "FAST BREAK".
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