India Development Coalition of America--IDCA--Education

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am providing a link below of an article that just appeared on a rural development work I have been involved in. There are several such works being carried out by people in India, people of Indian origin in India, and other people throughout the world. Given today’s environment and global exigencies it is becoming clearer that we need to consider the definition of civilization beyond cities and back to the villages and small communities. Even democracy works better in small groups, and social and family stabilities are obvious beneficiaries in village settings. Environmentally, we have no alternative in the long run (no, technologies alone will not solve the problem). Let’s all put our efforts together to elevate the level of not just living but the life, not just the women and men but the entire humanity, and not just a country but the entire globe. It must begin with the education! Excerpt “There has been a dichotomy between the cities and the rural area...

Dear Supporter The Alpha Foundation’s IRS children always exhibit high team spirit and sportsmanship. This month, the children were busy with sports and interschool competitions, which is the best way to get rid of excess energy and reinforce team spirit. IRS Nandanavanam organized a Running Race competition on July 21, 2009 mobilizing children from LKG to Class V; 258 students have participated in the event. Master S Tarun and Master Ameer bagged the 1st prize. Everyone enjoyed this cheering, sweating and inspiring afternoon. Since, the last three years, IRS children have been participating in basketball tournament organized by the Emmanuel Trust, Hyderabad. While participating in the sports remain the key focus, another advantage is children get to know other kids from different family backgrounds, learn to interact and respect each other. This year, 14 children have participated in the 7thEmmanuel Basketball tournament held at St. Andrews school, Hyderabad, during the first week o...

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. http://www.eschoolnews.com/emails/esn/latest_news.htm This week’s top 3 news headlines: Microsoft motivates innovative teachers 1-to-1 computing in the spotlight SchoolMAX cited in back-to-school nightmare Top 3 online resources this week: Grants & Funding Educator Resource Centers Free Webinars Free access to SAS online curriculum resources SAS Curriculum Pathways, which is used by thousands of teachers in more than 30 states, is now available for free to every educator in America. SAS Curriculum Pathways provides content in the core disciplines of English, mathematics, social studies, science and Spanish. Preparing for a Pandemic The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic on June 11--the first global flu epidemic in 41 years--as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America, and elsewhere. F rom Campus to Classrooms: Cost-Effectiv...

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. http://www.eschoolnews.com/emails/eSN/092209SpecialReport.htm Reinventing Education: As schools nationwide examine new federal priorities, San Diego unveils a five-year plan to transform the way students are taught. Read this FREE special report and you'll: Discover what the vision for the 'school of tomorrow' is Uncover how the "three pillars" form the basis of the project and how they will go into creating a 21st-century learning environment Gather information about San Diego's five-year plan and its goal to reinvent the way students are taught in the city's schools Discover the importance of technology in re-envisioning education for the 21st century Read this special now at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-articles/index.cfm?i=60608 President Obama has challenged the nation to turn around low-performing schools, put highly qualified teachers into cl...

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log on to: www.wsj.india.com and when WSJ page opens click on the Rural India Button on a top row. On the rural India page, in the right column click on Discuss rural India button. On the discuss page there is Rural India button in the right column; click on it to access a number of topic listed there. I have posted two topics: Poverty in India and Reforming Secondary Education for Rural India. I invite you and all idc-America members to participate in these discussions. My hope is that this exposure may lead us to identify retired business managers, engineers and scientists who are looking to be motivational speakers for the issues we discuss and since they are already in India may be they will visit rural India to motivate rural youth and leadership to become self-reliant through education and solving rural communities development issues including eradicating " energy poverty" in rural communities. Let me know what you think of this method of reaching ...

Dear friends, Greetings! Smile on the faces of Pooja, Aarti, Yamlesh and hundreds ,of rural girls like them, has been possible, due to the support, from many of you to Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES). Thanks for being part of PPES family.Thanks for being the doers and changemakers. In order to make our dream a reality, let's all become the "creators", who will and can develop, a gender just society.I appeal to YOU, to donate to GlobalGiving for PPES.Your donations will be used for the cause of rural girls, which we know is also dear to you . Please do spread the word, and join us in supporting this great work. Website: www.pardadapardadi.org Educate and empower girls in Anupshahar, India PPES provides free education and vocational training to 1000 rural village girls in Anupshahar, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its mission is to create a generation of self-reliant and independent girls. indebted, Renuka renuka ( renukamanav@gmail.com )

Dear Supporter, The Alpha Foundation's 12 IRS formal schools and 5 bridge schools are gaining its momentum in all the campuses. While the classroom teaching and the focused input continues, this month, children took part in a range of co-curricular activities. Activities and competitions are held regularly in all the schools to enable the students to relate the classroom concepts with actual practical aspects. Throughout these programs, the students were highly enthusiastic and presented a praiseworthy performance. Some activities: The ART of living courses enriched children and parents with yoga, pranayama and guidelines for happy and healthy way of living. These programs brought together 314 children and 30 parents in IRS Fathenagar, Rasoolpura, Balanagar and Manikeshwari Nagar in Hyderabad. Creative activities were held for a week in IRS Bangalore with 205 children from kindergarten to class II taking part in "Learning by Doing" p...

Please visit: www.idc-america.org/activities.php and then click on Discussion Forum to see Education Forum. Also visit Learning Center for many articles and reports on this subject.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090722/edit.htm#6 Education Policy — A Tribune Debate Another way to teach Children must learn without stress by Manish Jain More than any of the specific policy proposals, Kapil Sibal’s willingness to open a national dialogue on education outside the halls of elite commissions is to be lauded. Equally important is the tacit admission of a dirty little secret of educationists: the education system does not serve the learning needs of the vast majority of Indians. Nor does it serve the holistic development needs of local communities. As climate change and economic collapse loom before our generation, this is indeed a welcome opportunity to rethink some of the assumptions that have defined the framework of schooling until now, such as: monoculture, fragmented disciplines, competition, compulsion and authoritarianism. Everyone already agrees that government schools in villages are in bad shape. What will make this round of dialogue interesting is if we o...