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Notes from the Field: Bridging the Gap (SDG Targets 4.3, 4.4 & 8.6)

compiled by the FAWCO Education Team 

Now more than ever, it is critical that we shine a spotlight on how we support our learners and teachers as they work to bridge the gap from secondary to post-secondary learning and/or careers. SDG Targets 4.3, 4.4 and 8.6 set lofty goals for this focus, and we are happy to share stories and resources...

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Education Team Bookshelf

Ed Team bookshelf pic 2020The Education Team recommends the following:

 

World Literacy Day 2021 Book Discussion

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré: The Global Issues Book Discussion Series Summer Read

 

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
This book about the Pack Horse Librarians of 1930s Kentucky was reviewed in September 2020.
 
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Book Review: What Unites Us

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA & AIWC Cologne

‟...there have been moments where we reached out to one another as a nation, channeling what unites us rather than what separates us.p. 103

Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner’s What Unites Us is a beacon of hope in what has been a fairly bleak 2020. Originally published in 2017, the current edition has been...

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A Letter from Mary: Maasai Girls School, Tanzania

solicited by Juliet Cutler, FAUSA

As a follow-up to the Education Team’s book discussion on Among the Maasai with author Juliet Cutler, JEdTeam Dec 2020uliet has reached out to the Maasai Girls School to solicit thoughts from the girls on their lives in and out of school. We are honored to share these thoughts with you. If you are inspired by Marys story and...

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Book Review: I Am Malala

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA & AIWC Cologne

In 2015, when I first read I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, I was overwhelmed by the enormity of it. I knew little about Pakistan, boI Am Malala cover EdTeam 11.24.20th geographically and politcally, and I had yet to fully realize the barriers and obstacles for millions of girls seeking educational opportunities in various areas of the world. Malala...

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Inspiring Curiosity in STEM: An Interview from the Field (SDG Target 4.5)

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

Education team member Mary Adams sat down with Lori Gatmaitan, Director of the SAE Foundation, to discuss her educational programs and opinions about Inspiring Curiosity in STEM. The mission of the SAE Foundation is to increase student achievement and participation in science, technology, engineering and math to build a STEM-fluent workforce. 

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