Piyush Mangukiya

Many of us grew up thinking we knew what it meant to "go to school." In the past, just about every student would pile up their books, head to the local school bus stop, and wait to be brought to what those in the 20th century would call a "building."

When thinking about the state of education, one needs to know that only 11% of young Americans in the U.S. use the Internet to keep up with current events around the world, and over 80% of educated youth cannot find Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran on a map, to realize that...

What if for-profit companies had values similar to nonprofits? Shouldn't all businesses be socially responsible and use their power of business to solve a social problem rather than be a money making machine? Recently, I came across KNO Clothing, an online clothing retailer which is trying to solve...

While I am writing this it's Day 7 of the fast and peaceful protest led by Anan Hazare, an Indian social activist fighting to have an anti-corruption bill called Jan Lokpal in the Indian parliament. Unlike other recent movements in other countries, this movement is led by a...

As the sun rises higher over Bello Horizonte, a rural Peruvian village surrounded by the foothills of the Andes mountains, 19-year-old Kyle Forrester digs his shovel deep into the ground for what feels like the millionth time. A fellow project member reminds him,

By digging these trenches, we are literally...

There was a Afghanistan policy that was widely talked and discussed about in early 2009 and it was to "to advance security, opportunity and justice-- not just in Kabul, but from the bottom up in the provinces-- we need agricultural specialists and educators, engineers and lawyers. That's how we can...

It's that time of the year when most of the students are having their final exams while some are soon taking standardized tests like the SAT and GRE. Many times students know the content on the test but are nervous due to test anxiety which finally affects their score. Test...

When Etienne Bowie was growing up, he didn't have a role model who could help him prepare for college or explore his career aspirations; in fact, "most of the role models I had growing up were gangsters," he says. Etienne had big dreams of a different life -- one in...

With the current economic hardships in this country, local communities are flooded with problems such as poverty, homelessness, pollution, lack of a quality education for the youth, and other disparities. Due to the lack of funding, governments are forced to shut down social programs that are aimed as...

7 Signs That Your Child May Be A Victim Of Bullying At School

School bullying continues to be on the rise and is happening at earlier ages. In a recent survey, at least seven out of 10 students claim that they have been bullied at least once at school, according...