Word: empowerment
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I hate the word “empower.” It can only be used in the passive really, as in ‘it was really empowering’ or ‘I was empowered.’ You can’t say ?...
From Chicago high schools to rural Texas middle schools, an energized cry for school prayer now echoes from pulpits, political leaders, parents and students. The long-running moral conflict over public schools has found new energy in the wake of September’s terrorist attacks. But the solution is...
The Alliance can claim some progress: it allows Nazir?s group to exist. But she is the only woman in Khoja Bahauddin who doesn?t wear a burka in public. Her privileged status as an overseas-educated aid worker partially protects her from the beating Osema received. But when Nazir...
The Alliance can claim some progress: it allows Nazir's group to exist. But she is the only woman in Khoja Bahauddin who doesn't wear a burka in public. Her privileged status as an overseas-educated aid worker partially protects her from the beating Osema received. But when Nazir...
Brenes says she and other students also feel the lack of influence is ironic. “We are taught to empower our students to make decisions,” she says. “It’s an irony that while our input has been solicited, we have...