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Writing is a practice as old as some of our ancient civilizations – it has been taught and practiced for centuries and long served as a gateway for creativity. Creative writing is not all that new, has developed massively within English-speaking countries and is gaining momentum around the world. Using creative writing with youth as […]
This post was originally published on UWCSEA | International school in Singapore. Uniting Nations Day at East Campus Each December, over 1000 Primary School students on East Campus come together to showcase the amazing and diverse learning that happens in our Primary School Music program. Uniting Nations Day at East is a celebration of our community’s diversity […]
Decisions about languages to teach and use as part of formal schooling directly impact educational outcomes globally. They influence the accessibility of content and create implicit messages about whether students’ heritages and identities are welcome and capable of succeeding at school. Current language policies in many contexts negatively impact educational opportunities for indigenous and migrant […]
How one views one’s self in the context of the other is an embedded social and cultural phenomenon. If one’s self is perceived as equal in importance to the other, whether or not the other is of differing personal, social, and/or cultural worlds, then social and natural harmony is achievable. “Through the discovery of others, we reinforce […]
We live in an increasingly globalized world. Many of our children are growing up exposed to greater diversity than ever before, through direct contact with people around them, as well as via the various media channels with which they interact daily. While many inner-city schools across the UK boast over 30 different languages spoken by […]
Keeping kids socially, emotionally and physically safe online and in real life seems to be a daunting and relentless task. Over the past decade, just as one challenge is solved in our ever-changing digital world, two or three others tend to pop up. In my two decades of work with students on executive functioning skills […]
This article was originally published on NYC Leadership Academy. While schools in Nairobi face different challenges from schools in Hong Kong or India or the U.S., there is increasing agreement across contexts that to transform schools, you need great school leaders. An international movement is growing to increase and improve school leadership by calling for more […]
First: Understand how relationships matter (This essay is adapted from The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD): How Emotions and Social Relationships Drive Learning. By Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Linda Darling-Hammond and Christina Krone. Published by the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development.) Throughout life, and to an extraordinary […]
Did you know that Superman, one of the most iconic heroes, is a refugee? His parents sent him to Earth as a baby when his home planet Krypton was destroyed. He was raised up by a kind couple living on a farm in Kansas. The acclaimed graphic novel, Persepolis, discusses the challenges of leaving your […]
As language learning makes a sea change to online, users will come to expect personalized learning experiences. China’s AI-powered online education market alone reached $568 million in 2017 and is expected to surpass $26 billion in 2022. At Sana Labs, we build AI technologies to power these learning experiences through easy to integrate APIs. This means that […]
The advancements in technology have been instrumental in revolutionizing education across the world, raising literacy rates, lifting millions out of poverty and providing them with better job opportunities. While transformational this phenomenon has largely benefitted the developed economies with advanced infrastructure. The majority of the developing and under-developed countries with large rural populations lack robust […]
The One Village One Preschool Program by the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) provides quality preschool services for rural and impoverished children. Six year old You Haoyu is a child in Muwa Village, of Dayin Town, in Guizhou province. Both of his parents are working in urban areas, leaving him behind to stay with his […]