Around the World in 30 Days – February 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report In February, I continued my conversations on global education with Lord Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Australia’s Geoff Masters (CEO of Australian Council for Educational Research) and Susan Mann (CEO of Education Services Australia). I learned further about how technology is entering the classroom and how this is helping to broaden cross-cultural perspectives in education. Some of my...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – The most significant classroom innovation in the next 10 years
Did someone say Oscar winners? As far as we know, our Top 12 haven’t won any Oscars – yet – but they did win our hearts and our votes as the Best Global Teacher Blogs of 2014. We liked their innovative ideas so much, we decided to invite these talented 12 back each month to answer one big picture question related to 21st century education. The February question? What will be the most significant classroom...
The Global Search for Education: The Tech Report – From Australia
“The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students’ skills, and assisting them to determine the necessary next steps to enable them to achieve their own learning goals. We are seeing more effective differentiation in classrooms as a result.” — Susan Mann I am delighted to welcome back today to The Global Search for Education, Susan Mann,...
The Global Search for Education: Just Google It!
“Technological innovation is bringing everyone around the world closer together, so cross-cultural understanding becomes far more important.” — Boris Johnson “Universities in London” is the most Googled search term by US students wanting to study abroad. Nearly 30,000 US students study in the city each year. Five of the top 10 most searched universities outside North America by US students are...
The Global Search for Education: How to Improve – From Australia
“Highly effective schools in Australia are not different from highly effective schools anywhere. They have a strong focus on continual improvement, often with explicit school-wide goals for improving current school practices and levels of student achievement.” — Geoff Masters In his paper, “Is School Reform Working?”, Professor Geoff Masters (Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Australian...
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