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The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.

I am an educator who thinks globally.

As education becomes dematerialized, demonetized and democratized, every man, woman and child on the planet will be able to reap the benefits of knowledge. We're rapidly heading toward a world of education abundance.

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.

Writing can't change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.