Reading Materials

Topic Overview
Time for School Series: Who's Being Left Behind? Source: PBS
Date: January 1, 2010
Video: Time for School Series: Time for School 3 Source: PBS
Date: September 21, 2009
Suggested Viewing: Part one, minutes zero to four
Three Reasons the Americans Should Support Global Education Author: Rebecca Winthrop
Source: Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution
Date: September 23, 2009
Can Soccer Help Save Global Education? The Need for Innovative Financing Author: Anda Adams
Source: Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution
Date: December 8, 2009
A New Age in Education: Using Traditional Media and Digital Technology
Audio: Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst Finds Calling On YouTube Author: NPR
Source: All Things Considered, National Public Radio
Date: December 28, 2009
Reaching the Next Generation with 'Muppet diplomacy' Author: Jen Christensen
Source: CNN
Date: August 13, 2009
Overcoming the Toughest Obstacles: Education for the Most Disadvantaged Children and Youth
Highlights of the EFA Report 2010 Source: UNESCO
Date: 2010
Girls' Education Source: World Bank
Better Education for All: A Global Report Source: Inclusion International
Date: October 2009
Suggested Reading: Introduction, pages 1-8
Rewrite the Future: Three Years On Source: Save the Children
Date: 2010

Topic Overview
Global Thermometer Still Climbing Source: Union of Concerned Scientists
Date: January 2010
The New Sputnik Author: Thomas Friedman
Source: The New York Times
Date: September 26, 2009
An Introduction to the Core Climate Solutions Author: Joseph Romm
Source: Climate Progress
Date: October 22, 2008
Sustainable Transportation: One Step to Building More Sustainable Communities
National Transportation Bill Offers Prospect for Environmental and Job Benefits in 2010 Author: Andrea Buffa
Source: Apollo News Service, Apollo Alliance
Date: January 7, 2010
Video: Built to Last Author: John Paget
Source: Congress for the New Urbanism
Date: May 7, 2009
Video: ASCOBIKE: Largest Bicycle Parking Facility in the Americas Author: Elizabeth Press
Source: Streetfilms.org
Date: May 7, 2009
Leapfrogging Dirty Habits: Overcoming Energy Poverty
Energy Poverty 101 Author: Kari Manlove
Source: Center for American Progress
Date: May 14, 2009
Video: Barefoot College in India Author: Fred De Sam Lazaro and Bunker Roy
Source: PBS
Date: March 13, 2009
Expanding the Role of Microfinance in Promoting Renewable Energy Access in Developing Countries Author: Shamarukh Mohiuddin
Publication: The Georgetown Public Policy Review, via Nextbillion.net Date: Winter 2005-2006

Human Trafficking: The Impact on Local Communities
Trafficking in Persons Report, 2009; [Chapter 4]: Major Forms of Trafficking in Persons Source: United States Department of State
Date: 2009
Sex Trafficking: An American Problem Too Author: Bridgette Carr
Source: CNN
Date: November 25, 2009
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today Author: Amy Goodman and Kevin Bales
Source: Democracy Now
Date: September 9, 2009
Video: CNN Special Report on the Restavek Foundation Author: Sanjay Gupta
Source: CNN
Date: December 24, 2009
Tweeting the Globe: Using Technology to Promote Democracy and Human Rights
How to Use Social Media for Social Change Author: Sarah Perez
Source/Publication: ReadWriteWeb
Date: May 22, 2008
Youth Will be Served - One Young World Summit in London Seizes on Social Media Author: Mario Almonte
Source: The Huffington Post
Date: February 7, 2010
Facebook Used to Target Colombia's FARC with Global Rally Author: Sibylla Brodzinsky
Source/Publication: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: February 4, 2008
Ushahidi Empowers Global Citizen Journalists Author: Jennifer L. Schenker
Source: Business Week Date: December 7, 2009

Topic Overview
How Can We Help the World's Poor? Author: Nicholas D. Kristof
Source: The New York Times
Date: November 20, 2009
End Poverty 2015 Millennium Campaign Website Source: Millennium Campaign
The BOP Beckons Author: Joshua Weissburg
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Date: Spring 2008
Poverty At Home: Turning Challenge into Opportunity
The Straight Facts on Women in Poverty Author: Alexandra Cawthorne
Source: Center for American Progress
Date: October 2008
Living on Nothing but Food Stamps Author: Jason Deparle and Robert M. Gebeloff
Source: The New York Times
Date: January 2, 2010
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008 Source: US Census Bureau
Date: September 10 2009
Agents of Change: Alleviating Poverty through Social Entrepreneurship
A Peach of an Opportunity Source: The Economist
Date: January 28, 2010
Emerging Markets, Emerging Models Author: Ashish Karamchandani, Michael Kubzansky and Paul Frandano
Source: The Monitor Group
Date: March 2009
Suggested Reading: Executive Summary, pages 3-7
Video: Jacqueline Novogratz Invests in Ending Poverty Author: Jacquline Novogratz
Source: TED Talks
Date: October 2006

Topic Overview
2009 in Review: Key Health Issues Source: World Health Organization
Date: December 2009
Which Single Intervention Would do the Most to Improve the Health of Those Living on Less than $1 per day? Author: Gavin Yamey
Source/Publication: PLOS Medicine
Date: October 23, 2007
Innovation for Global Health: Leveraging Advances in Technology
42 Extremely Affordable Global Health Innovations Author: "thdblog"
Source: Global Health Ideas
Date: July 22 2009
How to Redesign Health Care Author: Jay Parkinson
Source: Business Week
Date: February 1, 2010
Video: George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp Author: George Whitesides
Source: TED Talks
Date: February 3, 2010
The Push for Proximity: Mobilizing Communties to Action for Health
Video: Stuart Hart Discusses Concept of Becoming Indigenous and Using Native Capabilities Author: Stuart Hart
Source: Johnson School Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University
Video: Africa: House Calls and Health Care Source: PBS
Date: December 18, 2009
Inequality, Infections and Community-Based Healthcare Authors: Evan Lyon and Paul Farmer
Source: Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
Date: December 12, 2004
Communities: "Missing Partners" is Local Ingredient Author: Ann Starrs
Source: Global Health Magazine
Date: August 27, 2009