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...
The Global Search for Education: Play it Again Spirio
Play it Again Spirio Many experts say it could be as soon as 30 years when machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can. Globally honored musician Leonard Cohen once wrote, “Music is the emotional life of most people.” Music is a universal language; the poetry of the soul. We experience this when we listen to a live concert pianist’s fingers glide over the 88 keys of a Steinway piano; when we see...
Alice Through My Looking Glass
5 Years later, it is once again time for a little madness….. It’s just over 5 years since my daughter and I (on the heels of Tim Burton’s 200 million dollar Alice In Wonderland movie that has grossed a whopping $1,025,467,110 to date) self-published The Real Alice in Wonderland. Our book tells the story behind the publication of the handwritten, hand-illustrated original manuscript, Alice’s Adventures...
All the World’s a Stage
“Whether it’s in Asia, Europe, South America, or Africa, Shakespeare’s plays are happening in geographically diverse territories within their respective traditions and in their native languages–demonstrating that Bill is quite alive and well within this global context.” — Joseph Melillo Throughout 2016, performances, youth workshops, exhibitions, concerts, poetry readings, movies and more around...
The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – Remembering Joe Bower and His Love of Learning
Remembering Joe Bower 1978 – 2016 We miss our Top 12 Global Blogger Joe Bower very much. Joe, a progressive and gifted educator from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada recently died of a massive heart attack at the age of 37. Through his regular contributions to the Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger series each month, Joe inspired our team enormously as well as thousands of educators around the world. On a personal note, I was delighted to...
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