Around the World in 30 Days – April 2016
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report In the profit-above-all-world of digitization and automation, ethics and the nature of professionalism seem to be in question and under attack from all sides. Will the new robots on the block provide the same expertise and multiple intelligences we expect from human experts? What can be done to preserve and strengthen the quality of our professions and what does this mean for learning that...
The Global Search for Education: More Materials for the Arts
“Every day is Earth Day.” — Harriet Taub Materials for the Arts is one of those organizations you look at and say to yourself – it’s so obvious – collect surplus materials from businesses and individuals and redistribute them to nonprofits with ongoing arts programming and schools – why doesn’t every community have a recycling program like this one? Harriet Taub, Executive Director...
The Global Search for Education: Is this the Age of the Arts?
“BAM Education’s dream is that anyone, anywhere in the world would be able to experience what happens on BAM’s stages, especially young audiences, at any time.” — John Tighe Arts education is making a difference in improving struggling schools by increasing student engagement and positively changing young lives in countries all over the world. Additionally, in an age where anyone can access the...
The Global Search for Education: Oppi-tunities for Parents
Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Cathy Rubin and Randi Weingarten at Oppi Festival Kick Off Call me mad or just insanely curious, but I visited over 20 schools before I selected one for my kids. For me, the way I educated my kids was the most critical decision I ever made in my life. In virtually every school, the head of school would remind us at the end of the tour, “this is a partnership between us the school and you the parents...
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