“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour
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We are excited to announce the Education Team's Third Annual Summer Global Book Read: I Believe in Zero by Caryl M. Stern, the President and CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF. Subtitled “Learning from the World's Children: ZERO...
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!"
- from I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss
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As June quickly approaches, final exams are being taken, students are graduating and teachers all over the world are already planning for next year. What do...
by Arandeep Degun (AIWC Cologne)
The largest country on earth, Russia is seeking to reassert itself as a world power after emerging from well over a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil. Income from large natural resources, mainly oil and gas, have helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998; however,
Qatar lies on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf and shares a land border with Saudi Arabia. In size, it is roughly as big as the US state of Connecticut.
Qatar is a desert country and has only a limited natural water supply; thus, little agriculture or crop farming is possible. Only five percent of the land...
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"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us." As the world "springs" into life and hope is renewed, this quote from Anna Jameson challenges us to seek and nurture our own educational quests, whatever form they may take.
To that end, we encourage everyone to participate in, either...
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Your Education Team is happy to report that the FAWCO Biennial Conference offered an oppotunity to reconnect, meet new team members, and chart a positive course for the year ahead. Thank you to Pam Perraud, Tara Scott, Karen Boeker and new teammate Lindsay Nygren for meeting Carol-Lyn at breakfast one morning to disucss the future of the Ed...