The Global Search for Education: The Creators of I Am Odd Talk About Animation, Art, Autism and Acceptance
May05

The Global Search for Education: The Creators of I Am Odd Talk About Animation, Art, Autism and Acceptance

Beginning this month, audiences can screen I Am Odd, curated by KIDS FIRST!, on the Planet Classroom Network.

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Schubertiade: “Im Frühling” – A Distinctive Performance
May01

Schubertiade: “Im Frühling” – A Distinctive Performance

By Alex Silverman From our artistic friends at Bard Conservatory comes a performance by soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon and pianist Ryan McCullough. Together they perform the Lied, “Im Fruhling” (In Spring) by Franz Schubert, set to the poem, “On the 31st of March 1815,” by Ernst Schulze. Schubert composed the song in 1826 to Schulze’s poem as part of 10 poems by Schulze he set to music. The performance includes a segment featuring...

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The Global Search for Education: Climate Activist Sophia Lana Has 3 Key Takeaways from Her Interview with UNESCO’S Alexander Leicht
May01

The Global Search for Education: Climate Activist Sophia Lana Has 3 Key Takeaways from Her Interview with UNESCO’S Alexander Leicht

Net Zero is the popular new video and podcast series in which youth leaders from the Protect Our Planet Movement in association with Planet Classroom track the progress being made by international thought leaders to achieve Net Zero by 2050. 

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A Story of Environmental Sustainability from Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands
May01

A Story of Environmental Sustainability from Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands

By Rishi Mulloth The people of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley are a unique group that has been isolated from the modern world, but have remained culturally and biologically unscathed. These people have been growing their society for 10,000 years, and have done so in a sustainable manner, living with their surroundings rather than in spite of them.  From Director Stephen Marshall, A Thousand Suns (curated for the...

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Jonathan Comfort and Szu-Ying Huang Perform Music by Claude Debussy to the Poems of François Villon
May01

Jonathan Comfort and Szu-Ying Huang Perform Music by Claude Debussy to the Poems of François Villon

By Grace Madover From the Bard Conservatory, Trois Ballades de François Villon is a performance of three different ballades, written by François Villon. The music is composed by one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Each ballade is harmoniously performed by vocalist Jonathan Comfort, and pianist Szu-Ying Huang.  These two talented musicians come together for the 12-minute performance....

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