The Global Search for Education: Get Ready for Earth Day
Apr15

The Global Search for Education: Get Ready for Earth Day

According to the Paris Agreement, global emissions must peak by 2020 and then start declining if we want to keep average global temperature increase under 2° Celsius. Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation and it’s critical that youth are involved because they will ultimately inherit the earth. The Millennial Bloggers are based all over the world. They are innovators in entrepreneurship, journalism,...

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The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines
Apr10

The Global Search for Education: Keeping Up With The Machines

“We should be changing the goals of education to focus on deeper learning: Relevance of what is taught, to build motivation, and personalization of the What and How; Versatility, to create ‘Renaissance humans’, which brings robustness to face whatever life throws at us; Transfer, insuring that what we learn in the narrow confines of schools, translates into actionability in real-life situations.” — Charles Fadel...

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The Global Search for Education: Earth Day Around the World
Apr04

The Global Search for Education: Earth Day Around the World

Teachers around the world are currently faced with the task of preparing students for a world transformed by climate change. “What the World Thinks about Climate Change in 7 Charts”  is a good place to get some key facts about the global issues. In October of last year, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs Thomas Gass noted, “Educators have an essential role in making sure the SDGs...

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Around the World in 30 Days – March 2018
Mar31

Around the World in 30 Days – March 2018

C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report How do you develop a cost-effective quality learning model for the 21st Century for disadvantaged children in small rural schools scattered across Colombia? Yidan Prize winner Vicky Colbert tells us this month how she focused on building an innovative education model in which key strategies were cooperative learning and cross-peer tutoring.  Colbert and her team at Fundacion Escuela Nueva...

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The Global Search for Education: Escuela Nueva Has Much to Teach Us
Mar27

The Global Search for Education: Escuela Nueva Has Much to Teach Us

“There are many important facets of the Escuela Nueva model, including its systemic approach, being child centered, involving active participatory learning, children finishing academic units at their own pace, cooperative learning and children learning through dialogue and interaction.” — Vicky Colbert How do you develop a cost-effective quality learning model for the 21st Century for disadvantaged children in small rural schools...

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