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...

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...

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 ...