Around the World in 30 Days – December 2015
Dec29

Around the World in 30 Days – December 2015

C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Has there ever been a time when an education framework for 21st century competencies was more important? What should world citizens learn in an age of Google, Robots, Climate Change, Increased Migration, Radicalism and Inter-connected Economies? Our voices in The Global Search for Education this month – Dr. Siva Kumari, Dr. Denise Pope, Rebecca Ingram, Alexa Joyce, Francesca Borgonovi,...

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The Global Search for Education: With the World in Mind
Dec05

The Global Search for Education: With the World in Mind

“The IB has concerns for humanity hardwired into it, in its philosophical heritage, its mission, and today’s curricula.” — Siva Kumari Siva Kumari, the first female Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), has a lot on her mind. As global education systems scramble to find better ways to teach international perspectives and intercultural competence to the first generation of world...

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Around the World in 30 Days — November 2015
Nov28

Around the World in 30 Days — November 2015

  C. M. Rubin’s global education report Nos pensées et nos prières sont avec nos amis à Paris. Il est difficile de penser à d’autre choses que les innocents qui ont perdu leurs vies. L’éducation peut jouer une rôle essentielle dans la construction de communautés mondiales. Nous continuerons à travailler pour les valeurs que nous chérissons. At the IB Heads World Conference in The Hague, Peter Senge discussed...

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The Global Search for Education: Bring on the Change
Nov14

The Global Search for Education: Bring on the Change

“We have to keep remembering our purpose. In education it is to grow people and to help society evolve.” — Peter Senge At the IB Heads World Conference in The Hague, I talked to Peter Senge, the renowned expert on systems, business management and learning, and senior lecturer at MIT. His bestselling book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization, teaches companies how to be smarter by...

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The Global Search for Education: Oppi-tunities for Parents
May19

The Global Search for Education: Oppi-tunities for Parents

Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Cathy Rubin and Randi Weingarten at Oppi Festival Kick Off Call me mad or just insanely curious, but I visited over 20 schools before I selected one for my kids. For me, the way I educated my kids was the most critical decision I ever made in my life. In virtually every school, the head of school would remind us at the end of the tour, “this is a partnership between us the school and you the parents...

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