C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report
As producers for Nightline, Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman, the directors of After Parkland, had been on assignments in mass casualty situations many times. After each tragedy, they wondered what the next days, weeks and months would look like for a community impacted by a senseless act of violence. After Parkland, they met some of the families without cameras to explore the possibilities of making a film. This month, The Global Search for Education spoke with Taguchi and Lefferman to find out why they felt it was important to keep sharing the stories of the families and the community of Parkland, and to discuss how classrooms use their film as a prompt and a resource to learn from the tragedy.
Nisha Ligon is a filmmaker and the co-founder and CEO of Ubongo, one of the leading producers of kids’ edutainment in Africa. The organization reaches millions of families across Africa via TV, radio, and mobile phones with its edutainment content that helps kids learn. Ubongo was founded in 2013 by a group of animators, educators, actors, and filmmakers who were interested in closing the learning gap in Tanzania and providing kids meaningful learning experiences at low-cost and massive scale through the technologies households were already using. The Global Search for Education welcomed Nisha Ligon to learn more.
Classroom Champions, the non-profit organization that connects students with world-class athlete mentors, has launched a new platform and curriculum to make social and emotional learning (SEL) more accessible for schools and classrooms across the country. Co-Founder and CEO Steve Mesler says the bottom line for the initiative is to create a place that takes the wisdom of athletes who are “walking the talk of perseverance, grit, and leadership,” and provide it to all teachers and schools in the United States. The platform will allow Classroom Champions to put Olympic and Paralympic athlete mentors in front of kids at a time in their lives when they’re most impressionable. This month, The Global Search for Education welcomed Steve Mesler.
Educators around the globe are increasingly connecting youth through technology to collaborate and learn together. When students are able to connect and work on real world projects with their international peers, they are able to develop job market skills, global competencies, and cross-cultural connections. Mohamed Abdel-Kader is the Executive Director of the Stevens Initiative at the Aspen Institute. The initiative helps educators to connect young people in the US with their peers in other countries by making resources such as toolkits, webinars and data on program development available. Currently, the Stevens Initiative has a strong focus on connecting students in the US with their peers in the Middle East and North Africa. Mohamed Abdel-Kader explains the program also aims “to be an advocate to raise the profile of virtual exchange amongst policy makers, educators and administrators, and additional funding sources.” The Global Search for Education welcomed Mohamed Abdel-Kader.
C. M. Rubin (Cathy) is the founder of CMRubinWorld, an online publishing company focused on the future of global learning, and the co-founder of Planet Classroom. She is the author of three best-selling books and two widely read online series. Rubin received 3 Upton Sinclair Awards for “The Global Search for Education”. The series which advocates for Youth was launched in 2010 and brings together distinguished thought leaders from around the world to explore the key education issues faced by nations.
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