Around the World in 30 Days – June 2015
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report This past month, I spoke to education innovators around the world about topics ranging from improving city schools to inclusivity to the increasing importance of film festivals in the digital age. The perspectives were manifold and brought a diverse range of opinions to the table. More than this, though, I found these stories inspirational. Which brings me to my topic of the month for our...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What Are The Best Ways a Teacher Can Demonstrate Leadership in the Classroom?
Effective leadership in the classroom, according to Theo Wubbels (@thwubbels), one of the world’s most respected experts in the area of teacher training and teacher-student relationships, “depends on healthy and productive interpersonal relationships between teachers and students. In such relationships, students feel close to their teacher and they trust and value him or her. From the perspective of teachers’...
Have you Heard about the Haring?
Over a 3-day period, 1000 CityKids from all 5 New York City Boroughs helped Keith Haring create CityKids Speak on Liberty, which exhibits the personal interpretations of what liberty meant to them. Keith Haring, the globally renowned celebrity, artist and activist who socialized with the likes of Andy Warhol, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Roy Lichtenstein and Boy George had already been the subject of 100 solo and group exhibitions by the time...
The Global Search for Education: Families, Schools and Communities
“Increased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents/families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, “community” and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance for improving parent/family engagement.” — Kwesi Rollins The goal of the Shaping our Future by Leading Together: Families, Schools and Communities...
And The Award Goes To — From Brooklyn
“Film Festivals are still an important outlet for people to find great films. We were able to bring together a significant number of American indie and international films created with limited resources but still incredible art.” – Bryce Renninger 3979 miles from Cannes, 4147 from Venice and 3000 from Los Angeles, a diverse international crowd gathered at the Brooklyn Film Festival (now in its 18th year) to celebrate...
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