Education As a Matter of Survival | Harvard Graduate School of Education by Harvard University published on 2013-08-14T16:41:26Z Jeffrey Sachs, economist and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, shares his thoughts on the importance of strengthening education in an increasingly crowded, globalized world. Genre Education Comment by Harold Glascock this is optimistic poppycock, why? because the majority of these young people will NOT be able to either get jobs or influence decisions related to climate change. Better to offer them practical courses of education along the German Vocational training lines in these esoteric fields while offering 'opt out' clauses if students want to change focus 2013-08-20T11:14:13Z Comment by Harold Glascock while 'moral eduacation ' is laudable in principle few ii the west account for the 'lag time' in moral reality in various societies/cultures in the 'east' perhaps because we do not yet have a common definition of morality across cultures and societies 2013-08-20T11:09:36Z Comment by catchyouri Matt excellent presentation! Thank you! 2013-08-19T10:09:37Z Comment by Flame In wanderfull thing 2013-08-18T00:27:08Z Comment by sunlightnberies I agree, there is a need to reflect very very deeply on what type of education we need in this type of world we live in. To teach morality is what the education sector should put in as top priority. 2013-08-17T00:19:10Z