The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner
Sep30

The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner

 The Education Debate 2012 — Howard Gardner  Has there ever been a more important time to debate the big picture questions of education?  As nations around the world reform education to prepare their students for the 21st century workplace, are our students ready to compete? In five interviews with education luminaries, I’ve asked them to imagine they were Secretary of Education and to discuss how they would address...

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The Global Search for Education: It Takes a Community
Sep17

The Global Search for Education: It Takes a Community

 “We believe that influencing the bystanders is a key to successful prevention of bullying.” — Professor Christina Salmivalli  It takes a community to prevent bullying in schools, which is expected to affect 13 million children in the U.S. in the current school year.  Stopping the bullying epidemic also requires funding, research, a holistic program developed with that research plus the collaboration and...

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The Global Search for Education: We Will Remember
Sep10

The Global Search for Education: We Will Remember

 “They (the 9/11 responders) are a testimony to the human spirit’s ability to transcend unimaginable horror and still maintain its integrity and humanity.” — Dr. Benjamin Luft  We will remember the 2,977 people from more than 90 nations who were killed as a result of the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  More than 400 of them were people who responded first to the attacks. Dr. Benjamin J....

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The Global Search for Education: Education in Film – the IB Film Program
Sep06

The Global Search for Education: Education in Film – the IB Film Program

 “I can think of few art forms that invite students to immerge themselves in other cultures as wholly as film, through its unique combination of visual, performance, technological, musical and narrative elements.” — Nick Lindner  Part 2 of the Education in Film series The International Baccalaureate (IB) film program aims to develop in students the skills necessary to achieve creative and critical independence...

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The Global Search for Education: On Cheating
Sep03

The Global Search for Education: On Cheating

I applaud Dr. Howard Gardner for his op-ed in the Washington Post — “When Ambition Trumps Ethics” — relating to the current alleged and evolving cheating scandal at Harvard University. In a recent interview with Dr. Gardner, we discussed a number of the moral break-downs in our education system, including the problem of cheating (The Global Search for Education: What Is Good?). According to a survey of 24,000...

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