The Global Search for Education: Teacher I Need You
Special Ed teacher Matthew Cunningham awarded the inaugural GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award “But what does it all mean to YOU?” My teacher was referring to all the facts I had memorized and regurgitated in my answer. What did the facts teach me? Suddenly a light bulb went on in my head. And, in that magical moment, we made a connection that would change the way I thought about history forever. “When the magic...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Special Education
“Without an arts base, many of our students would not be able to access learning.” — Robert Newall, Principal, Port Phillip Specialist School There are over 400 special schools in Australia, educating around 20 percent of the 150,000 students with special educational needs or a disability who are enrolled in schools nationally. The other 80 percent are enrolled in mainstream schools. A new book published by...
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