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Dec 20, 2016
500 homicides. 9 months. 1 American city. This is the title of an article found on CNN.com, dated September 2016. What city? My city. My name is Rhonda Scullark, and I teach in inner city Chicago...
Dec 20, 2016
As any educator will probably tell you, the year never goes exactly the way you plan it to go. However, it is those unplanned teachable moments that I find matter the most. As I went into the...
Dec 20, 2016
As an English teacher, conflict is a topic that we frequently discuss in class. Great literature – any great story, really – is centered on a conflict that readers can relate to. We talk a great...
Dec 20, 2016
Any veteran teacher who focuses on international issues remembers the phenomenal interest that greeted the “Kony 2012” campaign. Launched by the advocacy group, Invisible Children, the “Kony 2012...
Nov 22, 2016
U.S. Institute of Peace’s public education program, the Global Peacebuilding Center, is attending the...
Sep 27, 2016
September 27, 2016- As the new school year begins, civil war, terrorism, and violence dominate the headlines, as does divisive political rhetoric. As educators, we seek to prepare our students to...
Sep 26, 2016
September 26, 2016- The U.S. Institute of Peace thanks all who participated in this year’s Peace Day Challenge on September 21, turning the International Day of Peace into a day of global action...
Sep 6, 2016
September 6, 2016- Welcome back to school! We hope you are as excited as we are in the Global Peacebuilding Center about the start of fall. A new school year means new opportunities to educate and...
Aug 10, 2016
August 10, 2016- They come from New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Illinois, teach a variety of subjects including English, Reading, World Geography, US History, World History, and Global...
Aug 5, 2016
August 5, 2016- Dylan Borne, winner of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) National High School Essay Contest, of which...
