I’ve wrapped up a BIG project – the draft manuscript for The K-5 Global Education Toolkit (with my wonderful co-author, Becky Morales, www.kidworldcitizen.org. Yippee. Yay. Sigh of relief. Trepidation… Now I’m turning my attention to the big trip I’m taking tonight with “Tiny Dancer,” aka “the tiny one,” aka Soph Soph, aka the almost-10 y.o.…
I’ve wrapped up a BIG project – the draft manuscript for The K-5 Global Education Toolkit (with my wonderful co-author, Becky Morales, www.kidworldcitizen.org). Yippee. Yay. Sigh of relief. Trepidation… Now I’m turning my attention to the big trip I’m taking tonight with “Tiny Dancer,” aka “the tiny one,” aka Soph Soph, aka the almost-10…
If you’re in the Palo Alto, CA vicinity on Thursday, March 7, please consider joining me for a discussion on raising global kids and Growing Up Global! This is free and open to the public, with book signing and international treats from the PTA to follow. Thanks to the great community at Ohlone Elementary in…
I’ll be in the San Francisco Bay area March 7-12, with the visit revolving around the annual meeting and professional development day of the California Association of Independent Schools. If you’re attending the Northern Regional Meeting, please consider joining my workshop! Here’s the info: March 11, 2013 Global Education “How-To’s” to Foster World-Class Learning Workshop…
I haven’t posted anything about speaking engagements and travel for a while, but I’m excited about my visit to Pittsburgh next week and wanted to list some of the events. If you’re anywhere nearby, please come say ‘hello.’ The talk and book signing at Quaker Valley HS on Thursday and the book signing at the…
U.S. students rank below 30th in math, 23rd in science, 17th in reading out of 30 developed countries (Dec 2010 OECD-PISA results). In 1995, the United States was #1 in the world in college graduation rate. In 2005, it was 15th. 90% of American students cannot find Afghanistan on a map. (Roper/National Geographic poll) 91%…
