The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?
Aug31

The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?

 “We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live” — Howard Gardner   photo courtesy of Harvard University.  What do the 81.5 million students in this country believe their families value most? Money? Success? Happiness? Knowledge? Power? Celebrity? Truth? A Healthy Planet? Good Work? Engaged Citizens? A Cultured Society? What should the 81.5 million...

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The Global Search for Education: More Arts Please
Aug23

The Global Search for Education: More Arts Please

 More Arts Please Sir   Photo Courtesy of Beechwood Sacred Heart School UK.  “To lose our culture is to lose our memory.”   More Leonardo da Vincis, more Martha Grahams, more Ludwig Van Beethovens, more Luciano Pavarottis, more Marlon Brandos, more Antoni Gaudis, more Coco Chanels, more Bob Dylans, more Zhang Xiaogangs, more William Shakespeares, more Julia Margaret Camerons, more Gustav Vigelands, more Andrew Lloyd...

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The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Change
Aug16

The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Change

 Early Steps to School Success, Save the Children US Programs  photo: Rick D’Elia  “I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children alike.”  — President Barack Obama, 2008 Change is painful.  Change takes time.  Change is trial and error, but isn’t change ultimately brought about by leadership which has the ability to rally all the policy makers around the...

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Attitude
Aug12

Attitude

 Jesse Freeborn on Top of the World for Childreach International  “Just before we reached Uhuru Peak on Kilimanjaro, my brain was pounding so badly it felt as if it was going to explode through my ears. I started throwing up black vomit and I got diarrhea at the same time.  I was physically a mess. I knew I was close to the goal though. I knew I had to think positive.  I knew if I could just hang in there a little longer, I...

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The Global Search for Education: The Technology Connection
Aug09

The Global Search for Education: The Technology Connection

 Will Apple’s iPad 2 change the way we watch a book or appreciate nature? photo courtesy of Susan Leslie. “If you asked a parent they might call it intuitive. If you asked a musician they might call it inspiring. To a doctor it’s groundbreaking. To a CEO it’s powerful. To a teacher it’s the future. If you asked a child, she might call it magic.” …And if you asked the producers of the Apple...

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