In 20 years’ time, I believe today’s classrooms will appear to future generations much as those old one-room school houses look like to us now. If we have a goal for the next 20 years, it’s to fundamentally change education to include compassion, service and global citizenship.
Trends in education come and go. But we have some pretty solid evidence that engaging young people in volunteering and social activism improves confidence and interpersonal skills, enhances academic performance, produces responsible consumers and creates innovative entrepreneurs.