Around the World in 30 Days – January 2019
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Forty-one years ago, Agnes Gund read an article about the arts being virtually eliminated from the budget of the NYC Board of Education. She had an idea. What about bringing visual artists to teach in schools where there was no art instruction? Studio in a School, the organization she founded, has done just that. The Global Search for Education welcomed Executive Director Chris Wisniewski to talk...
The Global Search for Education: Artists Coming to a School Near You
Artwork created by a group of 4th graders at PS 148 in Queens “If we want our children to grow up learning how to learn and how to think, we should be working in the other direction: make the classroom look more like the art studio.” – Christopher Wisniewski Forty-one years ago, Agnes Gund read an article about the arts being virtually eliminated from the budget of the NYC Board of Education. She had an idea. What about...
Around the World in 30 Days – December 2018
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report The Dalai Lama once said, “If every 8 year old is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” Mindfulness has become much more relevant and effective in a constantly changing environment. Clinical psychologist Dr. Addie Wootten insists that inducting young children into the principles of mindfulness early on in education allows them to focus more in class,...
The Global Search for Education: Draw, Dance, Innovate!
“We create a mechanism or an environment made up of a few simple but clear rules. Within this context, the children are free to explore autonomously.” – Alessandro Lumare Wanted: Learning that nurtures innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. These skills play an essential role in helping us to flourish in a 21st century world. Art without rules or boundaries in which the body and mind are free to explore and...
Around the World in 30 Days – May 2018
C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Many experts believe deepening unemployment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), as robots and artificial intelligence transform global production, will widen inequities and deepen social fragmentation. What is the role of education? “The hate we see in the world today is likely a failure in exposing learners enough to the diversity,” writes Alusine Barrie, one of our global Millennial...
The Global Search for Education: Awa Sangho – Artist, Activist and Global Ambassador
“Music is the 100% best medicine for sadness and it helps people find more faith in life. And while feeling sad is a very natural thing, for me as a singer, music is the best healer.” — Awa Sangho Mali-born New York based singer-songwriter Awa Sangho, who will perform at BAM this month, is a rising star on the global music scene. Raised by a grandmother who encouraged her to set her sights high, she has done just that, overcoming...
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