Teachers in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste I have written about teachers and students in Timor Leste before, so was pleased to find the article below, in relation to World Teachers’ Day. When I started working in Timor Leste- the schools were just burnt out shells and there were no trained teachers. Many new teachers were growing rice one day and

The State of the World’s Girls 2012: Learning for Life

We have just celebrated “International Day of the Girl” (see blog post and UNICEF podcast below) so the report on the State of the World’s girls is an important landmark: The State of the World’s Girls 2012: Learning for Life  Education Above All The sixth report in Plan’s annual State of the World’s Girls series,

The power of WE in education – blog action day 2012

Why are teachers all over the world wasting their precious time? They have been given an impossible task -they are teaching for the future with a curriculum and tools that are trapped in the past. They find it difficult to change as they have been taught in the same way -when they themselves were in

Columbus Day – is it a time to celebrate?

Although not common in the UK,Columbus Day is celebrated in many states in the US. But should it be a celebration or a wake? Why has the propaganda been so pro-Columbus? Let us explore…. Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, though people