“The divide between ‘refugees welcome’ and ‘refugees not welcome’ seems to be a global phenomenon in which refugees are viewed as outsiders and the public education system is understood as primarily serving national citizens.” — Elizabeth Buckner
In a new global study of ...
“I was exposed to even more sites than I was currently aware of. It was a great place to exchange ideas.”
— Linda Bean
A new era of personalized professional development is penetrating New York schools. Online learning methods that in the past enriched students are now...
C. M. Rubin’s Monthly Global Education Report
In her interview with CMRubinWorld this month, Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, speaks about the troubling trends in world politics: “We have seen strong anti-globalization sentiment worldwide,” and how to address them: “Globalization has...
As a parent or teacher, please answer the following questions about gifted students:
If any of your answers reflected notions that all gifted students do well in school, are perfect or near perfect, and...
“Relationships are becoming increasingly self-defining; there has been an explosion in the language used to describe them. People are taking a more active role in the formation of language, whether it be creating the right word for their relationship, or their gender,” writes Marguerite Ohan.
The face of...
“To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society,” Theodore Roosevelt once said. In his book, Four Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners need to Succeed, author Charles Fadel notes the three commonly cited reasons for character education are: “to build a...
“It is not simply enough to pour money into our schools: that money must be demonstrably and successfully put to improving education, including literacy and numeracy standards.” — Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Australia on June 24, 2010, and...
"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
—Eleanor Roosevelt
In 1978, a school district in California, organized a “Women’...
“It’s easier to create a statistically valid test for content or for content-related mental processes, whereas it is difficult to measure something like critical thinking, and very difficult to measure something like courage. In short, there is too much focus on Knowledge.” — Charles Fadel
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