#1 What university are you currently attending? I’m about to enter my second year at the University of Manchester here in the UK. #2 What is your major/minor? Any course highlights? I’m studying for a Bachelor of Science. in International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response. The course is the perfect fit for me, as I have always been interested in humanitarianism -- even since before joining TGS. The institute...
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The only “traveler” high school in the world where children learn in four different countries per year
They followed Ulysses through Greece. They built a school for less fortunate children in India and crossed the Great Wall of China. It is not about an NGO, but about the students of the only "traveler" high school in the world. At THINK Global School, children learn in four different countries per year.
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"This song is for the inspirational people of New Light, the working women of Kolkata and their children. May you continue to push for a better future." -Eden H. At the start of their term in India, Eden H. and several of our Grade 12 students embarked on a weXplore to the West Bengal city of Kolkata. Here they had a chance to explore the historical and contemporary issues that make...
Read MoreMe llamo Kucha, y no sé como respirar como un hombre. No soy un hombre - esto está claro, si nada más. ¡Espera! De hecho, estuve mintiendo. También está claro que no soy una mujer, o cualquiera otra cosa que tiene ambas una etiqueta y límites fijados. Cosa. ¿Sabes que mi nombre significa ‘cosa’? Estuve hablando de cosas, justo en ese momento. Verdaderamente, debería ser una historia de gente y...
Read MoreThis past week I had the pleasure of attending the launch party at HundrED.org as a representative of THINK Global School (TGS). If you aren’t familiar with HundrED, their mission is to help schools change by spreading the word of innovative educational practices from across the globe. This year our school, TGS, had the honor of being named as one of these top 100 innovative programs. As I sat through...
Read MoreWe're seeing--from Getting Smart, Education Reimagined, and others--more and more helpful lists of schools that are pushing the envelope of the traditional school model. But at the moment, with everything that's surfacing, it's a bit hard to decipher what themes are emerging and where things are headed.
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As the old engine sputters to a halt, the air is empty of all noise except the squawking of a hornbill in the distance. The guide presses his finger to his lips, signaling that we should be silent, his face dead serious. We wait, ears pricked up anxiously anticipating whatever the guide has stopped for. We notice movement behind the bushes. The animal is enormous but surprisingly quiet. The grey...
Read MoreHave you ever heard of Botswana before? If you asked that question to me a few months ago, I would not be able to give any good answer but “no.” I didn't even know about the existence of this country until I heard about this school. And now, I am in that country, with that school. Even before I actually arrived in Botswana, I had a lot of first time...
Read MoreWhat is your role at TGS? We all wear many hats here at TGS, where we are lucky enough to grow and explore our own professional dimensions. My personal hat collection includes jack-of-all-trades science teacher, human geography, curriculum development, and now academic coordination. Design thinking is all the buzz in education right now. How would you define design thinking for students/parents/educators? The Harvard Graduate School of Education defines design thinking...
Read MoreTime goes by. I read one article. Scroll, scroll, scroll. I text people thousands of kilometers away from me. Scroll, scroll, scroll. I read another article just to make sure I have something to talk about tomorrow. Couple more scrolls, maybe I’m missing out on something. I must be. The world is changing so fast that this is the only chance I have of keeping up with it. I have...
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