The Global Search for Education: Block Building
“We have implemented very high academic standards that are internationally competitive” — Michael Block The co-founders of BASIS Schools, Michael and Olga Block, aimed to offer the type of education students receive in the top performing education systems around the world, the type of education that would help American students compete in the global economy. Ten years after BASIS Schools opened its first...
Alice
Alice Pleasance Liddell, Summer 1858 Courtesy of © National Portrait Gallery, London. In the year 2143, will we be able to say Harry Potter lives, Harry Potter is global, or even that Harry Potter’s enduring legacy continues to inspire all age groups? None of us really know for sure what will happen to Harry Potter between now and then. What you should know is that there is one book, which, 146 years after it was first...
How Will We Read: Children’s Books?
“In 5 years you will have an entirely new marketplace of digital reading material for young children, in all new forms” – Karen Lotz Karen Lotz is the Group Managing Director of Walker Books Ltd., a London-based company that includes the children’s publishing companies Walker Books UK, Walker Books Australia, US based Candlewick Press, and a children’s television development unit, Walker...
The Global Search for Education: Student Well Being
“Sometimes we have to remind students that a little anxiety is normal, and that learning to deal with pressure by containing it or getting used to it is a necessary skill.” — Mark Wormald It is one of the world’s leading academic centers and oldest universities; a self-governed community of scholars with a reputation for outstanding academic achievement. Like all of the world’s greatest...
How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?
“When asked to support local library funding measures, communities have done so, voting in favor of 87% of operating funding measures last year.” — Molly Raphael Libraries across the United States need our help as they are being closed or having significant cuts made to their budgets. The public library service has impacted each of us at some point in our lives whether as a child, a student or as an...
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