A Tale of Two Countries: Portugal and the Philippines

The “War on Drugs” has had a tremendous impact on American society and while many states have legalized marijuana, the war as a whole appears to be far from ending. While some Americans might believe that most countries are following the…

Te Reo Maori: Maori’s language revitalization

“Kia Ora!”

This is how many emails start in New Zealand- a Maori word that means hello. Despite only 3.7 percent of the population being able to speak the language fluently in 2013, Maori has made a return in recent years…

PISA and How America Compares

It’s the smoking gun in the argument against the American education system — PISA rankings.

PISA, the Programme for International Student Assessment measures students’ abilities in math, science, and reading, and compares them to scores around the…

How Other Countries See and Deal with the Gap in Opportunity

In my research I examined how other countries deal with the achievement gap within education, including how other countries rank in…

What Ontario’s ‘Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy’ Says About Southlake’s ‘Cultural Competence Action Plan’

Southlake’s Cultural Competence Action Plan and the surrounding debate about whether it’s appropriate for a suburban white neighborhood…

An Overall Declining Fertility Rate: Global Rising Feminism

“No babies” is a slogan for many women all around the world, including China. China used to have a constantly growing population, so China was famous for its One-Child Policy, a policy to keep the fertility rate low. However…

Ancillary 9

The problem with Taiwan’s population aging is not a domestic one. Although domestic factors like lowered fertility and birth rate is a major factor that contributes to the worsening of population aging. Taiwan’s relationship with other Asian countries also affects the rate of population aging that worsens…

Inequality in Natural Disasters: From Within the Country to Across Borders

Police Brutality is Global, and Mustn’t be Ignored

The police department in Sacramento, CA, like many others in the United States, has a disturbing history of brutality towards its local black and brown communities. This police brutality plaguing Sacramento and the rest of the nation has led…

Ancillary 9: Fighting Global Colorism

Colorism is the direct outcome of the world’s colonial history — almost every county at some point in the world has interacted with this issue in some form. Specifically, “the Asia-Pacific market remains to be the most lucrative region for skin whitening products…

Looking Internationally May Be the Key to Houston’s Future with Renewable Energy

In Houston, Texas, the world’s energy capital, there is a fear from those connected to the oil and natural gas industry that the decreased use of fossil fuels due to climate change could…

Looking Globally to Solve Homelessness Locally

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past century, you would know…

Ancillary 9

Bringing on the topics of feminicides from Juarez to the global stage is easily translatable. By this, I am not referring to the…

The Global Spread of Invasive Aquatic Species

Dreissena polymorpha, commonly referred to as zebra mussels, have existed within freshwater areas of the United States since the 1980s. As stated by the National Park Service, “the first established population was discovered in 1988 at Lake St…

Ancillary 9

Homelessness in all reality is not just an issue in the United States. Homelessness is a global problem that needs to be focused on and in need of some effort to help. The percentage of homelessness varies for all different countries in the world with some having both a higher and lower percentage of…

Independence Over Assistance

When people are hungry, just give them food. Right?

Looking to the Dutch for Help in California’s Education System

The advent of the globalisms of education, which is defined as: “… the neoliberal story of increasing world economic integration… and the technological story of openness, interconnectivity and convergence,” (Peters)…

Lo Education Equity via a Global Lens

In my WP3, I explored how international education in my city Hefei is less competitive compared to that in first-tier cities in China. It…

Ancillary 9

With about 2% of the global population being affected by homelessness, it’s quite fair to label it a global issue. Many countries, whether being developed or underdeveloped, have found themselves with the overwhelming issue of homelessness. And even though this is a widespread matter transcending borders…