ABSTRACT
When looking at how education is changing and the factors contributing to positive changes, it is important to look at children who want to learn and who have stories that inspire learning. Malala is an eighteen-year-old Pakistani girl who, at age eleven, defied the Taliban by declaring that she was going to go to school. Her message centers around the priority—or lack thereof—governments place on giving all of their people the education that they deserve. And her resiliency reminds us that so many of our children want to learn and will fight for their education. With bold and brash style, young Malala began championing education for Muslim women through a blog on the British Broadcasting Company. Beyond the needed activism, there also exists any number of parents who are grateful to see their children learning in ways they never imagined. Parents like the Somali woman whose daughter attends a charter school in Utah.
