During the fall of 2018, I interned at the Global Village Project (GVP), a non-profit specialty middle school for refugee girls who have had limited or interrupted formal education before coming to the United States. The students are between the ages of 12 and 18, come from all corners of the globe, and together speak…
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Who Teaches Whom: Identity and Representation in Education
About halfway into the Democracy, Diversity and Education class that I took at Agnes Scott College, we welcomed representatives from the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of highly regarded Charter schools, to speak to our class. The representatives spoke passionately about how their schools serve under-resourced communities and propel their students to college….
Come Lime with Me: My Global Journey to Trinidad
One of the many unique experience that Agnes Scott College offers to students is the opportunity for every first year student to participate in a global learning journey. The purpose of this semester long course, which culminates in a week long excursion, is to explore the concept of a “global citizenship,” or expanding ones conception…