Global(2):  “Improving access to quality public education in africa '' is an article that mainly highlights the topics of education in third world countries also including statistics about education globally. It connects to my cep and in goal because it has to do with quality education for students. In this article it highlights “Educated girls and women can better seek and negotiate life-saving health care for themselves and their children. Global studies have shown increased education—particularly for girls—leads to less infant deaths, less maternal mortality, and less infection from viruses” this shows us how beneficial the fourth goal can be to many around the world, another thing mentioned in the article . “Increased levels of education support communities’ resilience in the face of climate change and can help reduce communities’ carbon footprints by leading to smaller, more sustainable families.” This highlights how the fourth goal also helps with the planet we live in, not just the people. A question I have now is how much more can we help with education.

National(2):   In the article “What Students Are Saying About How to Improve American Education” it talks about the various ways students suggest changing the American system when it comes to how education is in america. This is shown in the article when it states”One of the biggest flaws in the American education system is the amount of pressure that students have on them to do well in school, so they can get into a good college. Because students have this kind of pressure on them they purely focus on doing well rather than actually learning and taking something valuable away from what they are being taught. This shows how even the American system has its flaws when it comes to its quality education with the pressure leading to education net being educating to some. Another thing mentioned in this article is “At this point, it’s not even the grades I’m worried about. It feels like once we’ve graduated high school, we’ll be sent out into the world clueless and unprepared. I know many college students who have no idea what they’re doing, as though they left home to become an adult but don’t actually know how to be one.” When it comes to the goal it mainly focuses on education but what is the quality of it if it does not prepare you for the future like it's intended to. My question about this article is how students have been saying things like this for a while but not much has changed in the system when it comes to things like this.

Local(2): The article “Illinois has more teachers within greater diversity, but shortages remain” it mentions the amount of teachers are missing due to covid-19 and how this affects the quality education UN goal. In this article it states “The shortage of teachers in Illinois has slowed and even improved but gaps in critical areas, such as special education, remain and racial diversity among school leaders lags far behind that of the state’s pupils” when it comes to the fourth goal the education of all is included in that goal and with less teachers it makes it even harder to achieve this goal. Another thing mentioned in this article is “But newly trained candidates in special education and bilingual education lag behind demand and attrition is especially high among special education instructors. The number of paraprofessionals, key to helping classroom teachers provide individual attention, is declining.” This shows how important it is to have individual learning in teachers when it comes to the progress of the fourth UN goal. One question I have is what we will do if we aren't able to give quality education to a certain group of people and do we have a plan for that.