Access and Equity
Does our community:
- Provide quality, non-gender biased education opportunities to both girls and boys (women and men) in K-12 and higher education?
- Provide affordable early childhood education for all children?
- Include opportunities for adult education, re-education, and re-training?
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal:
- Ensure effective learning for all children and youth for life and livelihood.
“The World We Want 2015” Priority:
- A good education
Curriculum
Do our schools and institutions of higher learning:
- Adhere to an assessable curriculum that will result in students learning how to be responsible local and global citizens?
- Include recognition of the importance of compassion in mission and vision statements?
- Integrate compassion education (e.g., compassionate speech, empathy, modeling compassion, values education, character education) throughout the curriculum?
- Value and teach about cultural differences (e.g, faith, language, values, customs?
- Encourage involvement in community-based social programs (service learning, internships with local businesses, after school programs in community gardening or other community programs)?
- Provide programs in the schools where students help one another (e.g., peer mentoring, student-designed programs, older children reading to or tutoring younger children)?
- Facilitate internships for students with local businesses and social agencies?
Diverse Needs
Do our schools and institutions of higher learning:
- Provide programs to ensure that students who experience learning disabilities or physical disabilities are treated with compassion?
- Ensure that students who receive special education services and accommodations have the opportunity to thrive in our educational institutions?
- Provide for children with “different needs” such as homelessness, social and emotional issues, diverse cultural backgrounds?
- Provide a safe space for children to report grievances about other children or teachers?
Bullying and Conflict Resolution
Do our schools and/or community:
- Offer mediation and conflict resolution classes and opportunities?
- Offer training for teachers in conflict resolution and compassionate discipline?
- Provide awareness programs and training for both students and teachers to prevent and deal with bullying?
- Offer a safe and welcoming space to report concerns and grievances?
Literacy and Adult Education
- What are the literacy rates within our community?
- Does our community have programs to increase adult literacy?
- What opportunities are there for accessible higher education—community colleges, technical institutes, colleges, universities, and non-traditional education programs sponsored by local businesses--within our community?
- Are translation services provided when needed?
