The Global Search for Education: How Building Robots Builds Confidence in Girls
Prior to joining the Girls of Steel Robotics Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Field Robotics Center, Theresa Richards was a science teacher in Pittsburgh where she created an award-winning lesson integrating robotics into a Human Anatomy and Physiology course.
The Global Search for Education: Disrupting the Achievement Gap with Mind Health
“75 to 95% of youth in the juvenile justice system have experienced trauma.” Research indicates that the majority of youth suffering from trauma perform poorly in our education system and indeed, many drop-out.
The Global Search for Education: Including All Learners
All youth have the right to learn together regardless of any disabilities or differences they may have. While progress has been made on achieving this global goal over the last 25 years, there is still more work to be done.
The Global Search for Education: Back to School Learning Tips from Top Global Teachers
Today, our Top Global Teachers share their educational tips for mindful, successful, and sustainable learning.
The Global Search for Education: Poetry, Science and Modern Dance – A Kinesthetic Learning Model
“Learning core academic concepts through dance and theater taps into many students’ urges to move around. This approach allows for creativity, something that traditional curriculum stifles.” – Timothy Weinstein Sedentary teaching and listening can not only lose students’ interest easily, but also deter students’ creativity, homogenizing learners with individualities into one mold. How do we create new models of...
The Global Search for Education: Supporting Pathways to Leadership
“Day to day, staff utilize technological advances and tools to educate and guide students.” – Leah O’Reilly Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is a workforce development and college readiness program for high schools that have a high population of low-income families. Leah O’Reilly, Director of the year-round program states students from these communities lack knowledge...
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