Around the World in 30 Days – September 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership…. “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” has set a plan of action in these 5 important areas. What role can education play? Can we use the world’s classrooms to educate and develop the competencies and attitudes required to achieve the new UN Agenda? I spoke about this with EFF14 debate...
The Global Search for Education: Teaching in a Global World
“In Finland, Singapore and Japan, the approach is much different than the top-down, my-way-or-the-highway sanction and blame approach to accountability we see in too many schools in the U.S. If we are going to achieve our goal of a high-quality public education for every child, we need to lean into preparation, practice, and collaboration–not high stakes testing and narrow accountability.”– Randi Weingarten...
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...
The Global Search for Education: The Top 10
“The Global Search for Education series takes important issues related to global education and gives them context.” — Adam Steiner Diane Ravitch, Howard Gardner, Sir Ken Robinson, Pak Tee Ng, Pasi Sahlberg, Tony Wagner, Yong Zhao, Krista Kiuru, Peter Vesterbacka, Randi Weingarten, Jonathan Jansen, Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves, among others, have been chosen for our first Global Search for Education Top 10 List....
The Global Search for Education: The World Test?
“The more important questions that countries have to ask themselves are why they are comparing with one another and what they are doing with the findings to improve the education of their children. Countries should take PISA results as a useful reference, not as a report card.” – Pak Tee Ng The Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) is an exam given every three years to 15 year olds around the...
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