Education: A Basic Human Right
By Maria Navarro, Junior, Oakland Catholic High School
You just read the first sentence of this article. With ease, your eyes skimmed over the familiar letters while interpreting the infinite words formed by their sharp, soft, or clicking sounds. However, while you effortlessly look over these sentences, 775,000,000 other people live without the ability to decipher these words. They are illiterate.
Education must command the attention of the global community in order to progress, and in order Read more [...]