(Newswire.net — July 11, 2016) — Going global. The international commission on financing global education gathered in Oslo last week before making recommendations to the UN secretary general in September. The commission believes political will is paramount, and that education for all means benefits in development and prosperity.
Writing in The Guardian, Norway’s prime minister and co-chair of the UN sustainable development goals advocacy group demonstrates a business case for education in job creation and innovation, gender equality, and health.
New York City’s Asia Society Center for Global Education launches this September and attempts to bring leaders and institutions together to tackle educating all students in a global era. Leading up to its launch, the society is hosting a number of events to examine these challenges.
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School may be out for summer, but the summer months provide ample opportunity for learning, writes the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Summer camps and activities provide kids with a key venue for socio-emotional learning where they can develop softer skills such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision-making.
While developing students’ skills benefits their futures, leadership training amongst school staff impacts the kids as well. In the States, MindShift reports the Clarkson-Montgomery County School System in Tennessee made concerted efforts to increase leadership within its faculty, which led to a growth in student achievement.
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Indigenous youth
In Ontario, Canada, a historic vote this November could change education for First Nations youth. The Anishinabek Nation will decide if they want to create their own education system for youth from kindergarten to Grade 12, the CBC reports.
The vote will arrive months after an inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations youth between 2000 and 2011 drew to a close at the end of June in Canada’s most populous province. The inquest resulted in a list of recommendations to improve education and how First Nations youth access it in Canada.