Around the World in 30 Days – August 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report In August, global collaboration and cooperation was a recurrent theme in The Global Search for Education stories and interviews. I talked to the CEO of Edmodo, a leading innovator in K-12 blended learning, about how teachers, learning platforms, software, parents, and students across the globe can work together in new ways thanks to digital technology. And I caught up with...
A Woman Alone – A Biography of Famed Novelist Mary Gaunt
Famed Novelist Mary Gaunt from her book Alone in West Africa Bronwen Hickman’s new book, MARY GAUNT Independent Colonial Woman, honors and gives new life to the celebrated Australian novelist, who lived from 1861 to 1942. Gaunt’s life was unprecedented for a woman born in the Victorian era. Worldwide travels showed her to be fearless, and prolific publishing showed her to be virtuosic. Her long journeys through the forests...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What are the best ways parents can help teachers and that teachers can help parents?
It’s Back to School time! In efforts to help their children and their schools succeed in the next academic year, millions of parents around the world are already involved in school foundations or PTA’s to support teachers and administrators with their critical work of educating a fresh set of young minds. I vividly remember my own head of school reminding me as a parent that the learning journey is a partnership between us...
The Global Search for Education: Good Jobs are Back for College Graduates
“There has been a long-term polarization in the job market since the 1980s, with growth of high-skill and low-skill jobs at the expense of traditional middle-skill jobs, which have been most susceptible to automation and globalization. The Great Recession and protracted recovery that followed it have only accelerated this trend, as increasingly risk-averse businesses have turned to technological solutions to minimize costs and...
I Want it Made in New York
“The industry generates billions of dollars to the local economy and employs 130,000 New Yorkers behind the scenes.” — Commissioner Cynthia López (Scene from “Elementary” is courtesy of Jeff Neumann and CBS) Highly successful, long-running shows such as Sex and the City, The Sopranos, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Person of Interest, Elementary, Girls, and Ugly Betty have graced the stages of Queens based...
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