Heather Singmaster, director at the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, curated this group blog in which education leaders discussed global competence based on best practices from around the world. This blog is no longer being updated.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
A Long Island Expressway...to Global Competence
At Herricks Union Free School District on Long Island in New York, leaders and teachers have taken a holistic, grassroots approach to embrace the concept of an international education for all students.
Federal
Opinion
Japanese Lesson Study
Educators who plan lessons together create more effective learning experiences for students, a proven practice in the Japanese education system for over a century.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Teaching the Teacher
Teacher preparation programs around the country are embracing innovative approaches to teaching for global competence.
Federal
Opinion
Expand Horizons Through Expanded Learning Time
Where better to learn about the world than out in the world?
Federal
Opinion
Nurture Creativity With Real-World Projects
Students have a keen sense of what experiences are relevant to their futures. And what could be more relevant than real world, globe-spanning projects that professionals work on every day?
Federal
Opinion
Is it Getting STEAMi Here?
An argument to add the arts and international studies to STEM.
Assessment
Opinion
How Nations Teach Global Skills
Four case studies on how school systems around the world are preparing for the global age.
Assessment
Opinion
The New Global Skill Set
Quantitative and qualitative evidence sends a clear message: new skills are needed in a global digital age. On an individual level as well as at the national level, our economic success is at stake.
Federal
Opinion
Utah: Pioneers in Language Immersion
For its future economic success in the twenty-first century, Utah is preparing a global workforce that is multilingual.
Curriculum
Opinion
You Know the Joke, And It's Not Funny
U.S. national security and American businesses alike have called for greater language capacity among Americans, but schools have not been able to help meet this need.
Federal
Opinion
Learning with the World
The United States must now learn from other countries if we are to remain competitive in the flat world.
Education
Opinion
Teachers We Love You, Now Please Go Away
Ask any teacher - he/she will surely say that students are more engaged in lessons when they hear first hand accounts of travel to the place they are studying.
Education
Opinion
International Education Week
It is wonderful to see so many events happening around the world this week, but the truth is that, as is the case with most special weeks and months, we owe it to our students to make sure they have the knowledge and skills to succeed in an interconnected world.