Around the World in 30 Days – January 2016
Jan30

Around the World in 30 Days – January 2016

Posted By on Jan 30, 2016

Santo Tomás C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report What are the biggest trends shaping education? Define learning literacy? How is online education transforming Latin America? Our voices in The Global Search for Education this month, including Thana Faroq, Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Tracy Burns, Felix Bernstein, Michael Trucano, Jon Harman and Jim Wynn, shared profound insights into the art world, the growing opportunities afforded by new...

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The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – Remembering Joe Bower and His Love of Learning
Jan27

The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – Remembering Joe Bower and His Love of Learning

Posted By on Jan 27, 2016

Remembering Joe Bower 1978 – 2016 We miss our Top 12 Global Blogger Joe Bower very much. Joe, a progressive and gifted educator from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada recently died of a massive heart attack at the age of 37. Through his regular contributions to the Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger series each month, Joe inspired our team enormously as well as thousands of educators around the world. On a personal note, I was delighted to...

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The Global Search for Education: “There is Life Here….”
Jan25

The Global Search for Education: “There is Life Here….”

“In the streets in Yemen where daily life is beyond difficult, I’ve learned about the almost unimaginable capacity for the human spirit to carry on. I’ve learned about resilience and strength.”  —  Thana Faroq And Thana Faroq is proving it to audiences all over the world with her powerful photography. Thana explains that her art allows her “to eliminate ignorance, educate and inspire, even during...

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The Global Search for Education: Learning How to Learn
Jan20

The Global Search for Education: Learning How to Learn

“Numeracy and literacy are important, but learning is also a vehicle to help people recover and regain what is most critical to them – their own dignity, self-esteem, and respect for the other. — Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies “Numeracy and literacy are important, but learning is also a vehicle to help people recover and regain what is most...

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The Global Search for Education: Trends
Jan18

The Global Search for Education: Trends

“There is a lot of pressure placed on education to act as one of the major levers to reduce inequality, but it cannot act alone.”  — Tracey Burns Trends Shaping Education 2016 is a new and updated OECD work which looks at major social, demographic, economic and technological trends affecting the future of education. The first edition of the book was published in 2008 and two subsequent editions were published in 2010...

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