Education for Peace DC

04/30/2014

Service learning can be an important tool in the classroom and a great way to involve students with the wider community. Check out the National Youth Leadership Council's "Service Learning Standards"

http://www.nylc.org/sites/nylc.org/files/files/Standards_Oct2009-web.pdf

04/29/2014

A new study on how gender plays a role in the classroom:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/upshot/a-link-between-fidgety-boys-and-a-sputtering-economy.html?hp

A gender difference in behavioral skills, seen as early as kindergarten, is hurting boys’ academic prospects and their earning potential.

04/21/2014

Tomorrow is Earth Day! Check out these great tips from the Rain Forest Alliance on how to "green your classroom!".
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/green-living/classroom

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04/16/2014

Many teachers struggle with the issue of how to teach and talk about religion in their classrooms. Here is a great lesson plan idea focusing on understanding a wide range of religious beliefs.

Framework Understanding religious beliefs other than one’s own is a key element of tolerance, since faith traditions often define a significant part of a person’s identity. In the United States, the spectrum of religious diversity is a part of our culture as a whole, and religions can sometimes be a…

04/14/2014

Nominations for El Hibri's Peace Education Prize are open from now until May 15th.

http://www.elhibrifoundation.org/peace_education/prize

The El-Hibri Foundation awards an annual Peace Education Prize to an outstanding scholar, practitioner or policymaker. Established in 2007 by Fuad and Nancy El-Hibri, the Prize recognizes individuals and organizations for their noteworthy or influential contributions to the field of peace education...

04/07/2014

Check out this free, online course "Education in a Changing World".
In this subject you will explore Education as a social institution charged with communicating the knowledge, skills and cultural values that society considers most important.

Explore education as a social institution that’s shaped by and part of shaping a constantly changing world.

04/01/2014

Mark your calendar: Tuesday, April 22nd from 5-7pm the Inaugural Global Education Forum featuring speakers from USIP, Search for Common Ground and the Social Science Research Council

http://www.american.edu/CAS/seth/itep/Global-Education-Forum.cfm

Global Education Forum

03/25/2014

Listen to Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai speak about peace and equality for education.

Pakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don’t want to hear: Women and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent identity. He tells stories from his own life and the life of his daugher, Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2...

03/21/2014

Interested in community peacebuilding? Join the National Peace Academy's Community Peacebuilding talk on Tuesday, March 25th at 7pm with leading experts: Mark Chupp, Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho and David Anderson Ho**er
http://nationalpeaceacademy.us/peacebuilder-teleconference-dialogue-registration/

03/20/2014

Check out the peace education curriculum from the Global Campaign for Peace!

"Learning to Abolish War: Teaching Toward a Culture of Peace," a peace education resource packet developed by Dr. Betty A. Reardon and Alicia Cabezudo. Learning to Abolish War: Teaching Toward a Culture of Peace is the first publication of the Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Educati...

03/18/2014

ICNC offers Curriculum Fellowships on Civil Resistance to academic lecturers and high school teachers to develop 'a curriculum unit' on civil resistance as par…