The Global Search for Education: Creating a Culture of Evidence for Future Learning
“I imagine that in 50 years, we will live in a world where essentially every student will perform as well as the very best students do today.” – Larry Hedges Larry Hedges says he is “deeply humbled” by receiving the Yidan Prize for Educational Research. He hopes this prestigious award will bring attention to “the importance of rigorous research as the path to improving education worldwide.” Hedges has...
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...
The Global Search for Education: European Online Community Promotes Collaborative STEM Education
“A community of professionals who are open minded and keen to try new methods in their profession can improve the results of their work.” – Àgueda Gras-Velázquez How can Educators keep up and collaborate with the newest trends in STEM education making use of the best tech and tools available to them in the 21st century? Here’s an innovative platform in Europe. Scientix is an online portal service available in all official...
The Global Search for Education: The Green Leaders of Tomorrow
“The teacher’s role in this journey is to ‘model advance learning’. They are there as a mentor, a guide, a coach, and most importantly, a co-learner.” – Glenn Chickering Our environment should be important to all of us. It is after all where we live. The Green School in Bali was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy who wanted to create a school focused on environmental stability. The big picture goals...
The Global Search for Education: The Reality of Deforestation – Coming to a Classroom Near You.
“When the viewer looks down, they’ll see their arms are branches, their body is the trunk, and when they move, the tree moves too.” – Winslow Porter Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality Markets are expected to reach US$162 billion by 2020. How can schools use virtual reality to make learning more engaging? Most of us don’t live in a rainforest but we do know that they are in great danger. Classrooms are...
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