Around the World in 30 Days –  November 2018
Nov30

Around the World in 30 Days – November 2018

C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Democratic innovation is a passion for Adam Cronkright because he believes “the dominant conception of leadership is deeply flawed.” What if leadership and civic skills could be developed in everyone versus just a few “natural-born” leaders? Does making civic and leadership education available to all students help create a better world? Cronkright, who co-founded Democracy In Practice in 2013 and...

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The Global Search for Education: Learning That’s Focused on the Real World
Nov23

The Global Search for Education: Learning That’s Focused on the Real World

Learning that can excite learners to continue their work well beyond the school day sounds like the kind of exercise schools would want to encourage more. Project-based learning has come and gone since the early 20th century. Today, thanks to real world challenges such as the United Nations’ SDG’s, it is enjoying a comeback. In this style of learning, students must address a problem that’s impacting their local or global community....

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The Global Search for Education:  Yes They’re Ready to Teach in the Fourth Industrial Revolution!
Mar03

The Global Search for Education: Yes They’re Ready to Teach in the Fourth Industrial Revolution!

“Our global society faces dangers of inequity inside and outside our schools. If we are to realize the peaceful and prosperous vision of the future we desire, a focus on equity through and within our educational systems must be one of our main driving forces.” — Michael Soskil     Welcome to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.  It’s a complex, volatile, ever-changing world where we have already witnessed fundamental...

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The Global Search for Education: Meet the Teachers
Mar09

The Global Search for Education: Meet the Teachers

“The most important thing we can do to help make teaching be regarded as a more prestigious career is to tell the stories of the wonderful and inspiring work they are already doing.”  —  Colin Hegarty Pope Francis announced the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2016: Hanan Al Hroub from Samiha Khalil High School, Al-Bireh, Palestine. The celebrity studded ceremony took place last month at the Global...

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