Abstract
There is no doubt that spending adequate time during the school day on improving reading, science, and math skills with curriculum designed to increase performance on high stakes assessments, is supremely important in this age of accountability. While the emphasis with many schools in the United States this decade has maintained a laser-like focus on quickly increasing academic improvement, required by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, not all of the youth in America have forgotten that there are other areas of importance, including social and emotional growth and basic humanity. If our students are to become globally competent 21st Century citizens that are able to succeed in a competitive world economy, then perhaps social justice, compassion, tolerance, and empathy skills can and should be keenly developed.
Date Created
January 2015
STARS Citation
Eadens, Daniel, "International need for youth philanthropy." (2015). EGS Content. 229.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/229
https://works.bepress.com/daniel-eadens/20/download/
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