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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...
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...
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...
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...
U.S. Institute of Peace’s public education program, the Global Peacebuilding Center, is attending the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
August 5, 2016- Dylan Borne, winner of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) National High School Essay Contest, of which...