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: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – What Was Your Most Challenging Classroom and How Did You Turn It Around?
We’re keeping Teachers at the top of our global radar in a week of intense media focus on the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Talented teachers will be central to achieving the challenging goals set by the new Agenda. This month we posed this question to our Top 12 global team: What was your most challenging classroom and how did you turn it around? The stories shared by our teachers from around the world...
The Global Search for Education: The New UN Agenda – What is the Role of Education?
“Educators have an opportunity to engage students in shared problem solving towards the goals, and the responsibility to instill in the next generation a deep understanding of the power of informed action and the perils of inaction. The students of today will be the emerging leaders in 2030.” — Karen Cator “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” has set a plan of action in 5...
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: Can Tech Help Students Learn?
“There are many people involved in translating the promise of technology into a tangible benefit for students, and as a consequence there are many possible leaks in the pipe where things can go wrong.” — Francesco Avvisati A new report, “Students, Computers, and Learning: Making the Connection,” investigates the stats on crucial contemporary issues of technology and education. The author, Francesco...
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