The Global Search for Education: How Well Do You Know the United Nations?
Sep14

The Global Search for Education: How Well Do You Know the United Nations?

“We not only neglect to teach the UN in its proper context – the ancient ideas about the need to treat others as ourselves ­ the ‘golden rule’ – found in every major civilization – but fail to connect these ideas with the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was embodied within the UN’s legal structure.” —  Laurence Peters The Secretary-General of the United...

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The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Gardner
Sep08

The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Gardner

“I will use my office as a ‘bully pulpit’: to describe what should happen in our educational systems; to call attention to positive as well as negative examples; to cheerlead for promising initiatives; and, whenever possible, to demonstrate by example the kind of education that I favor, and the kind of society that I hope we can achieve.” — Howard Gardner What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and...

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The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Weingarten
Sep01

The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Weingarten

“If we could turn back the clock, we would like to have seen a greater emphasis on our biggest challenges–funding inequity, segregation, the effects of poverty. We would have welcomed a major expansion of high-quality early childhood education, and greater support for career and technical education and community schools.” — Randi Weingarten What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and Barack Obama’s...

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