If there was ever a year to appreciate teachers, it is 2020. Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary
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Reopening schools while continuing to offer distance learning.
Where do we go from here? SKOPJE, 7 August 2020. A majority of surveyed school principals, teachers and parents are in favour of reopening schools with classroom based learning or combined classroom and distance learning models. The opinions are based
Sir Ken Robinson
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” R.I.P. Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken Robinson, my favorite author, and
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
I have just read this book by Pasi Sahlberg. Finnish lessons 2.0 2014 Here are some highlights; How to measure a successful school. A successful
EdTech Report: Key Findings in Response to Remote Learning | Getting Smart
This article is published in Getting Smart and written by By Rachelle Dene Poth July 19, 2020 Here are some of the findings Key
Qualities That Define a Good Leader
Powerful leadership moments Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany talks about how throughout the times we have seen leaders and presidents with great leadership moments, and she
A New “New Deal” For Education:
The Game changer in Education has already happened Why we need to act now I have already written about this many times. These last two/three
Opening up our schools, it is a whole new world
Welcome back to all our students Today was the first day of school for half of our senior students. We are cautiously opening up our
Reopening all schools in Norway
A message from the Norwegian Government On the 7th of May the Norwegian government came with the following announcement: Thanks to everyone’s joint efforts since
Unleashing A Revolution In Education:
From Now On, Blended Learning Will Be The Benchmark I just read this article in Forbes and would like to share it here. The question
How to engage your students when the alternative is distance learning
How are we doing so far? There are plenty of articles about distance learning. Some like it, some don’t. Some learn more some learn less.
What we’ve learned from x months of home schooling
What has changed and why? I just read this article in the Guardian about the Italian home school experience. In the case of Italy, X
COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE IMPACTED NEARLY 1.4 BILLION STUDENTS
What are the consequences? This is having a devastating impact on global education and according to the latest UNESCO figures, some 1.3 billion learners across
Corona school closings; Teacher participation is vital!
WHAT TO DO WHEN ALL OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ONLINE March 6th I wrote an article describing the situation around the world regarding schools and
What to do when schools close for coronavirus
Almost 300 million kids missing school because of the coronavirus, UNESCO says The U.N. organization that monitors global education said the number of children missing