The Global Search for Education: A Student’s View
Jun20

The Global Search for Education: A Student’s View

 Scholarship ceremony at Peking University  During the course of a visit to Yale University, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Yale student Lun Pei Ng. Lun Pei is a 1st year graduate student at Yale School of Public Health, concentrating in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. She graduated from Peking University Health Science Center as a medical student in 2011. Her interests lie in infectious disease control as well as...

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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals Around the World
Jun06

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals Around the World

 “What is fundamentally different today is that education systems now need to equip all teachers, and not just some, for effective learning.” — Andreas Schleicher  “It is very clear that high performing systems generally have a high performing teacher population.” — Andreas Schleicher Professional Capital, Andrew Hargreaves’ and Michael Fullan’s recently released book, proposes an...

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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Singapore
May21

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Singapore

 “The Singapore education system relies on a high quality teaching profession to achieve its aim for the nation.” — Dr. Pak Tee Ng Part 3 of “In Search of Professionals” In their new book, Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan remind us that the future of learning depends on the future of teaching.  Speaking out against education policies that...

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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Part 1
May08

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Part 1

 “You have to invest in the whole system.” — Randi Weingarten.   Photo courtesy of the American Federation of Teachers.  Here’s a powerful challenge to the world of education:  Improve the profession of teaching.  If you believe that the future of learning depends on the future of teaching, Andy Hargreaves’ and Michael Fullan’s latest collaboration, Professional Capital, proposes an action plan...

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The Global Search for Education: From South Korea
Apr12

The Global Search for Education: From South Korea

 “Dwight Seoul is about creating real leaders and not just test takers.” — Kevin Skeoch  The first IB “through school” (primary years, middle years and diploma program) will open its doors to students in one of the world’s leading education systems in August 2012 — Seoul, South Korea.  The school is located in Seoul’s new Digital Media City, considered Korea’s Silicon Valley....

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