it on the other hand a more effective way to squash this extremism is through education as greg mortenson discovered he's the founder of pennies for peace an organization that is funded one hundred thirty schools educated more than fifty thousand kids in afghanistan and pakistan mostly girls mortenson discovered that in the communities where he built schools for girls girls who have traditionally been illiterate in both afghanistan and pakistan the people then kicked out the taliban or in some cases taliban members quit the taliban some even became teachers in the schools after having left behind the taliban. as incredible as it may sound at first simply by educating women and girls in cultures where traditionally had no access to education you greatly reduce extremism religious extremism after all educated mothers tend to be more effective at dissuading it can be talking their children out of becoming suicide bombers and educated women have social status and both social and economic power mortenson offers this new way for us to fight the war on terror and we need to listen to him because

when tom mortenson from the pell institute is reporting that states are disinvesting from investing in the growing populations of the nation, president obama said we will not do that in order to have an america that is built it last we must invest in all students. so, to that end he doubled the investment in pell scholarships. this means that students from across the nation, whether you live in rural america or whether you live in appalachian, in the mississippi delta, all low income students who aspire to a higher education and are prepared will be able to obtain a higher education. president obama passed the american opportunity tax credit act worth up to $10,000 over four years of college to american families so that college will be possible to a much larger group of students. president obama capped student loan payments so no student can be required to pay more than 10% what he or she earns a month in a student honor payment and also capped the limit of interest on student honeloans. he expanded opportunities for worthwhile and meaningful work study so low income students can work

at a time when tom mortgagenson -- mortenson from the pell institute says states aren't interested in investing in the growing population, president obama says we will not do that, in order to have an america built to last we must invest in all students. to that end, he doubled the investment in pell scholarships, this means that students across the nation, whether you live in rural america or appalachia, the mississippi dealt kwrarbgs all low income students who aspire to a higher education and are prepared will be able to attain a higher education. president obama passed the american tax opportunity credit act worth up to $10,000 over four years of college to american families so that college will be possible to a much larger group of students. president obama caps student loan payment sos that no student can be required to pay more than 10 percent of what he or she earns a month in a student loan payment, and also caps the limit of interest on student loans. he also expanded opportunities for worthwhile and meaningful work study so that low income students can work, work their way