Collaborate PASadena’s Reunion Celebration last Wednesday provided a host of opportunities for individuals, organizations and government agencies in the Pasadena area to further strengthen collaborative efforts to geared to improve educational and health outcomes for families in our community. Attendees took part in a “gallery walk” where they saw the ... Read More »
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Ruel Reid, says two of the main goals of the ministry are to ensure that teachers are well trained and are given the necessary tools to carry out their tasks. Speaking recently at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) CONFINTEA VI ... Read More »
Raising the quality of education in the country will be the “top priority” of Prakash Javadekar who today took over as the HRD Minister. 65-year-old Javadekar, who was the Environment Minister, was elevated to the Cabinet rank in Tuesday’s rejig of the Council of Ministers. He replaced Smriti Irani, who ... Read More »
They got everything a young B-school graduate could ask for, but the yearning, perhaps, was different. And led to three youths Lavin Mirchandani (24), Lehar Tawde (25) and Haren Paul Rao (24) to start EkShiksha campaign, which aims at bringing about a collaboration between corporates, NGOs, school managements and educators ... Read More »
Lockheed Martin has damaged ground on a Hercules education center for pilots and team of C-130J transports and LM-100J industrial freighters. The middle, located at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, will encompass school room space,training gadgets and a new, reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J complete project simulator.The Herculestraining center is because of open ... Read More »
Late last month it was revealed that Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul better known as Diddy or Puff Daddy, was behind the creation of a new charter school set to open in Harlem this fall. Good for him and good for Harlem. We can never have too many good schools. ... Read More »
Today, many school reformers have adopted the slogan that “education is the civil rights issue of our time.” President Barack Obama referred to education as the “civil rights issue of our time” during a speech before Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in 2011. Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ... Read More »
Last week I wrote about some of my meandering thoughts about the smorgasbord of teacher leadership initiatives that are popping up across the nation like a game of whack-a-mole. I received many good questions and pushback on Twitter, and have had some great conversations as a result. My fellow blogger ... Read More »
In Solakhpur, Nepal, soccer is improving 16-year-old Kalita’s life through a girls’ sports program designed to delay early marriage, keep girls in school and boost their academic success. Despite her parents’ skepticism about football and school, 16-year old Kalita is excelling at both. She’s also a leader. When teachers came ... Read More »
Syria was a leader in basic education in the region before the crisis began in 2011: an estimated 97% of primary school-age children were enrolled in school. Today, more than half of school-aged children in Syria are out of school. A recent report by UNICEF and partners highlights how severely the conflict ... Read More »
Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric is heavily focused on improving America’s ability to compete. He promises a better deal for American workers in trade agreements, and a more restrictive border policy in part to prevent competition from immigrants for low-wage jobs. These positions are well-known, but another area of interest for ... Read More »
