education Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/education/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Do You Kiva or PayPal? https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/07/do-you-kiva-or-paypal/ Tue, 07 May 2019 16:23:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8026 You know what PayPal is, but how about Kiva? It’s an organization that gives micro-loans to people all over the world, loans that educate children,

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]]> You’ve Come a Long Way, Lady…. https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/08/youve-come-a-long-way-lady/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:50:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4647 [Although this was sent out, at least in part, as a self-promotion for a group called “Credo” (I’ve left off the parts that do that),

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]]> The Pleasure of Loaning Money https://smthingscount.com/2015/10/20/the-pleasure-of-loaning-money/ Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:58:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4223 I love it when I receive another payment from a loan I made.  My latest is from a family man in Kanese, Uganda.  My big

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]]> Immigrants, English, and Crime https://smthingscount.com/2015/09/22/immigrants-english-and-crime/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:29:21 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4154 Immigrants refuse to learn English, our national language, and cause greatly increased crime in our neighborhoods.  We hear this all the time. The National Academies of

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]]> How Prop. 13 is Harming California https://smthingscount.com/2015/08/19/how-prop-13-is-harming-california/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:25:25 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4074 No, I’m not talking about Grandma’s home, which, thanks to Prop. 13, is secure even though she’s on limited income.  I’m talking about how corporations

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]]> The Royalty of Children https://smthingscount.com/2015/05/05/the-royalty-of-children/ Tue, 05 May 2015 17:03:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3668 As we greet the new royal child, let’s think about how we can protect ALL the children of the world.  This little potential future queen—as

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]]> Kids’ Shame; Education’s Friend https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/05/kids-shame-educations-friend/ Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:08:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3069 A Florida girl was pulled from class and reprimanded for wearing a too-short skirt, violating the school’s dress code.  To continue going to class, she

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]]> Kids are Graduating! https://smthingscount.com/2014/05/07/kids-are-graduating/ Wed, 07 May 2014 17:27:45 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2745 Great news!  We’re closing in on a 90% graduation rate. The National Center for Education Statics has reported that we’re at a never-before-reached 81% and

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]]> Two Kinds of Education https://smthingscount.com/2013/09/12/two-kinds-of-education/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:04:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2056 “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.”  (John Adams) (Now, there’s a Thursday

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