Education News and Travel Roundup: September 6, 2013
Happy Friday! This week was the first back-to-school week for many of our teachers. How did it go for everyone? Below is your weekly roundup of travel and education news: Don’t forget to Tweet us your first photos from teaching abroad! Details can be found here. The Globe and Mail has a fascinating write-up on […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: August 30, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly roundup of travel and education news: Don’t forget to send us your photos of your new locations abroad! Tweet pictures to @teachaway tagged with #2013away so we can see your first impressions! Would you have anything to add to this list of advice from teachers to parents? (via Huffington Post) […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: August 23, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly roundup of travel and education news: New York City schools will introduce counseling as part of their disciplinary code dealing with bullying and misconduct. (via New York Daily News) It’s always troubling to see languages on the verge of extinction. Here’s a list of languages with very few native speakers […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: August 16, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly roundup of travel and education news: Though it looks impressive, this man-made rooftop mountain on top of a Beijing high-rise will be demolished for safety concerns. (via BBC) One blogger’s thoughts on the lessons learned in music education. (via CNN’s Schools of Thought blog) Travel inspiration of the week: this […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: August 9, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your list of education and travel news this week: Read about Teach Away educators in the news! Fantastic views of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings. (via Lonely Planet) Why are girls still not going into computer science? (via Times Higher Education) NPR has compiled a list of the 100 best books […]
Teach Away Educators in the News
We’re always thrilled when hardworking educators get the public recognition they deserve, so we’re happy to share this feature from NBC 11 in Henry County, Georgia. From the full article, …[Ware] now feels that, as a veteran educator, moving to Abu Dhabi will give her the chance to teach from a true global perspective.” Congratulations to […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: August 2, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly roundup of travel and education news: “We don’t teach children in one-off lessons or crash courses. We shouldn’t teach adults that way, either.” The Huffington Post writes about teacher professional development. As educators, what would you like to see from your schools and districts? If you’re living in Abu Dhabi […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: July 26, 2013
Happy Friday! Here are stories and articles you may have missed this week. Some districts in New York are reporting successful results after offering the IB curriculum in schools. Do you think the curriculum will become more popular across the US? (via Buffalo News) This article highlights the struggle for education reform in Afghanistan, but […]
Education News and Travel Roundup: July 19, 2013
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly roundup of education and travel news. If you missed this inspiring speech, BBC News has a full video of Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the United Nations last week. This teacher writes about his experience getting his students to love poetry. (via Edutopia) Take a look at this new list of travel […]
Education News and Travel Roundup – July 12, 2013
Happy Friday, everyone! Here is a list of education and travel news from this past week: This week marked the start of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. To all of our teachers experiencing this for the first – or fiftieth! – time, Ramadan Mubarak! UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon writes this piece on the […]