Quality+Education+and+Gender+Equality



= = =Essential Questions: =


 * 1) Why is global education so important in 2015?
 * 2) What is a quality education and who decides this?
 * 3) What are some barriers to a quality education?
 * 4) How can we overcome some of these barriers? Should we? Why or why not?

You will:

 * learn the vocabulary associated with economic sustainability.
 * learn about the relationship between economy and education.
 * research the equality of education issues in the United States.
 * research the equality of education issues around the world.
 * identify reasons for inequalities.
 * design solutions for inequalities.

=Resources: =

Websites:

 * [|Improving Education Worldwide-Norad[[http://blog.alfalit.org/challenges-of-education-in-developing-countries|Quality Education in Developing Nations]]]
 * [|UN SDGs]
 * [|Barriers to Education Around the World]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Somalia and Haiti Facing Education Crisis (Poor Countries)]
 * [|Right to Education Around the World]
 * [|UNICEF Quality Education Girls]
 * [|Girls' Education and Gender Equality]
 * [|Letting Girls Learn]
 * [|Education Global Practice]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Malala.org]
 * [|Bottom 10 Countries for Female Education]
 * [|Bottom Countries for Female Education Huffington Post]


 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Global Oneness Project]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|FactMonster]

<span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videos:

 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|GLP Films]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Discovery Ending Child Labor]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Discovery Triangle Shirtwaist Factory]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|BrainPop: Brown vs. Board of Ed.]

<span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Articles:

 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Compulsory Education Law]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|US - Separate but Unequal]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|UN Urges Countries to Make Walking to School Safe]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Malala asks for Education for All]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|India Times: Unequal Education and Child Labor]
 * <span style="color: #12b52c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Barriers to Education]