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A Turning Point For People and Planet

Digital Promise

Since its launch in 2018, MY World 360° annual selections have screened for and inspired people across the world at the UN General Assembly, UN SDG Global Festival of Action, film festivals, schools and community events, and cultural institutions.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

Covington County Superintendent Babette Duty chalks those cases up to human error. Certainly, as long as human beings are running schools, you’re going to have that possibility,” she said, adding that the goal is to have policies and procedures in place that uphold the law and protect kids, while keeping parents informed.

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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

ED Surge

A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. An example of the benefits is the case of Think Equal , a global education initiative endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Office, teaching social emotional learning to 3-5 year olds.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

ED Surge

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development. Start with the Kolibri Wizard For example, our next version of Kolibri features the ability for learners to practice taking old exams as a tool for self-assessment.

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OPINION: Betsy DeVos’ slippery slope of religion, ethnicity and race

The Hechinger Report

May 2, 2018, Washington D.C. Others separate out Israel as a legal issue or a human rights issue. Education Secretary Betsy Devos at the Teacher of the Year ceremony at the White House. Photo: Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire. I regularly offer a course at my university called Teaching the Holocaust: History and Memory.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘Then one day a bomb exploded during my geometry class’

The Hechinger Report

MAFRAQ, Jordan — Syrian refugee children at a settlement near the Jordan-Syria border on April 26, 2018. College Track shares my belief, and my culture’s belief, that education is a fundamental human right. Leave this field empty if you're human: All of this is coming full circle now that my college diploma is almost in hand.

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Over the course of April and May 2018, Ronen, Walton and others fielded questions at public meetings. “We And in San Francisco, a business tax passed in 2018, a 2020 health and recovery bond and private donations together provide hundreds of millions more. Credit: Gail Cornwall for the Hechinger Report. State dollars are often at hand.