But if you think about
social capital from a broader
social perspective, you would conclude that the U.S. needs nothing more than it needs
connectivity across lines of class, race and gender — that is, we need more bridging
social capital.
Developments in the last century — the evolving global economy, an unprecedented migrant crisis, massive
social changes, and increasingly seamless digital
connectivity and convergence
across work, play and life — have forced a challenging shift in the way we think about what matters most to teach and learn.