Around the World in 30 Days – May 2018
C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report Many experts believe deepening unemployment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), as robots and artificial intelligence transform global production, will widen inequities and deepen social fragmentation. What is the role of education? “The hate we see in the world today is likely a failure in exposing learners enough to the diversity,” writes Alusine Barrie, one of our global Millennial...
The Global Search for Education: Wanted – Students Smarter Than Their Smartphones
“While the gap between what our societies need and what education systems provide continues to grow wider, the world provides so many good examples of educational success. Human beings need not be passive or inert. We have agency, the ability to anticipate and the power to frame our actions with purpose.” — Andreas Schleicher We teach to the test. We have to. Tests are powerful tools. They tell us what people...
The Global Search For Education: Policy, Politics, People and the Impact of Globalization
“Globalization, the increasing diversity of our populations, the consolidation of the knowledge-based society, and the increase in inequalities, among other factors, are influencing education directly and indirectly.” — Beatriz Pont How has globalization affected the approach of education systems to policy? What are international governments doing about the reforms needed? What are the main priorities and how can...
Around the World in 30 Days: April 2017
C. M. Rubin’s Monthly Global Education Report Innovation guru Clay Christensen has his eyes on Parenting. In a revealing interview with CMRubinWorld this month, Christensen argues that outsourcing work as significant as parenting can be very costly in the long run. “A good life is not one that is free from struggle, but one in which people have the tools to overcome what life throws at them. By that logic, a good parent is one who...
The Global Search for Education: New Study Shows Student Well-Being Is in Serious Decline
“Perhaps the most distressing threat to student well-being is bullying, and it can have serious consequences for the victim, the bully and the bystanders.” — Andreas Schleicher “When disenfranchised youth from the heart of our countries, who have ticked all the boxes of formal education, join the Islamic State to turn the historic multi-ethnic and multi-religious powerhouses of the Middle East back into...
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