Educating women is the fastest way to make real fundamental changes in the world. How? A recent World Bank study estimates that the “limited educational opportunities for girls, and barriers to completing 12 years of education, cost countries between (15 trillion and 30 trillion US$) in lost lifetime productivity and earnings.” Now, this fact says […]
Know Individual Students Effective teachers know their students. Effective teachers know and understand individual students’ cognitive and social/emotional launching points even before explicit instructional modeling. They understand what motivates and excites them to learn at a deeper level. When individual students know they are cared for and loved by their own teacher, they will typically […]
Education for Refugees Children Education is one of the fundamental rights of everyone. All children anywhere in the world and under all circumstances have the right to learn. The ongoing wars and conflicts worldwide have left millions of children and young adults unable to attend school. Although “Education is a basic human right, as outlined […]