#globaleducation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #globaleducation, aggregated by home.social.
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Mathematics is the canary in the coal mine of any education system: It's a delicate pyramid that crumbles if the base is not strong.
Using IMO results, here are the countries that improved most from 2006 to 2026 and those that declined the most. Using rank percentile within each year’s field:
Most improved
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.2% → 69.8% (+67.6pp)
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 22.5% → 83.6% (+61.1pp)
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: 14.6% → 70.7% (+56.1pp)
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 11.2% → 67.2% (+56.0pp)
🇮🇳 India: 61.8% → 94.8% (+33.0pp)Biggest declines
🇲🇩 Moldova: 91.0% → 55.2% (−35.8pp)
🇮🇹 Italy: 87.6% → 68.1% (−19.5pp)
🇫🇮 Finland: 57.3% → 39.7% (−17.6pp)
🇩🇪 Germany: 96.6% → 83.6% (−13.0pp)
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 89.9% → 80.2% (−9.7pp)#Mathematics #MathEducation #Education #STEM #IMO #InternationalMathematicalOlympiad #MathOlympiad #EducationPolicy #Learning #AcademicExcellence #DataVisualization #EducationResearch #GlobalEducation #SchoolEducation #STEMEducation #ProblemSolving #Innovation #FutureSkills #StudentSuccess #EducationalDevelopment #MathematicsMatters #Statistics #GlobalRankings #India #SaudiArabia #Malaysia #Bangladesh #Kyrgyzstan #Finland #Germany
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Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years
By Sarah JohnsonThe programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts
#Globaldevelopment #Globaleducation #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Education #YvetteCooper #Politics #Foreignpolicy #ForeignCommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice #UKnews #Universities #Highereducation #SouthSudan #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Childmarriage #Africa #Worldnews #SarahJohnson
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Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/04/overseas-education-project-for-women-and-girls-axed-by-uk-after-two-years #GlobalDevelopment #GlobalEducation #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Education #YvetteCooper #Politics #ForeignPolicy #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #UkNews #Universities #HigherEducation #SouthSudan #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #ChildMarriage #Africa #Wo...
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🌍 In honor of #WorldRefugeeDay, we are showcasing films that provide a personal perspective on the experiences of migrants, refugees and displaced persons around the world. Our teaching materials for these films support students in practicing compassion and humility and making meaningful attempts to understand why refugees flee their homes, what their lives are like, and how everyday people can get involved to help. For grades 4-12.
#Movies #Education #Homeschooling #GlobalEducation #Edutooters #Refugees #Migrants #DisplacedPersons #WorldPolitics #Syria #Pakistan #Tibet #SocialEmotionalLearning
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PS For more ways to celebrate Black History with film, we also recommend our Black History Collection.
This collection includes materials for teaching with hit global Black films like Chevalier (France), Searching for Amani (Kenya), and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Malawi), as well as US Black History films like Hidden Figures, Just Mercy, and The Dhamma Brothers.
All of our teaching resources are free, and many of the films are available to stream for free as well.
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#Juneteenth #BlackHistory #History #Histodons #GlobalEducation #Movies #HiddenFigures #TheBoyWhoHarnessedTheWind #JustMercy #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling
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For more related educational materials, check out our full collection of Anti-Bias Education Resources covering a broader range of topics:
https://journeysinfilm.org/teach-anti-bias-education-with-film/
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#Education #Homeschooling #Teaching #Parenting #Edutooters #GlobalEducation #InclusiveEducation #InternationalDayForCounteringHateSpeech
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School Kits, Big Impact: Inside El Salvador’s Quiet Education Push
Not just items—this is access, dignity, and a fair chance.Dear Cherubs, there’s something oddly powerful about a cardboard box that doesn’t contain chaos, delivery delays, or “please assemble yourself” furniture instructions. In El Salvador, it contains something far rarer: opportunity, neatly folded and mildly creased.
Across the country, thousands of children have been receiving full school kits—uniforms, shoes, books, stationery, backpacks, and in some cases digital devices—aimed at reducing the everyday friction that keeps education just out of reach. According to UNICEF, such school supply initiatives are widely used in developing education systems to improve attendance and reduce dropout rates, especially among lower-income families.
THE BOX THAT CHANGED THE MORNING ROUTINE
On paper, it sounds simple: give kids the tools they need for school. In practice, it’s a quiet reshaping of daily life. No scrambling for notebooks. No “borrow a pen again?” conversations. Just a child getting ready for school without the background noise of scarcity.
The initiative has been associated with government-led education support programs in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele’s administration, which has prioritised visible social interventions alongside broader security reforms. As noted by thisclaimer.com in its coverage of public welfare initiatives, such programs often carry a dual effect: practical support for families and a strong symbolic message about inclusion.
One widely shared moment showed a young girl opening her kit and reacting with visible excitement. Not because it was luxurious, but because it was enough. And sometimes, enough is revolutionary in its own quiet, inconvenient way.
DIGNITY, BUT MAKE IT PRACTICAL
Here’s the uncomfortable part: school supplies shouldn’t feel like a headline. They should feel like background noise. Yet in many regions, they still function as a financial barrier disguised as a shopping list.
Critics of large-scale distribution programs often point out logistical challenges and long-term sustainability questions. Fair. But supporters argue that immediate access matters more than theoretical perfection when children are currently sitting in classrooms without basic tools.
And there’s a dry irony here: we live in a world where high-tech solutions for education are debated in conference rooms, while the simplest fix—actually giving kids what they need to learn—still qualifies as a policy achievement.
The emotional centre of this story isn’t political branding or viral clips. It’s a child seeing possibility packaged in a backpack and not having to translate it into something else to understand it.
Whether one views these initiatives as transformative policy or practical optics, the result on the ground is hard to ignore: fewer barriers between a child and a classroom.
And maybe that’s the real headline nobody prints loudly enough: sometimes progress doesn’t arrive as disruption. Sometimes it just arrives on time.
Sources list:
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #art #books #childWelfare #education #elSalvador #globalEducation #nayibBukele #news #povertyReduction #publicPolicy #schoolKits #SocialImpact #unicef #viral #writing
UNICEF — https://www.unicef.org/
World Bank Education Overview — https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education
Government of El Salvador — https://www.presidencia.gob.sv/
BBC News Education Coverage — https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cp7r8vgl2lgt -
🌏 Did you know that the first Asian people documented in the Americas arrived in 1587 when Filipinos landed in California?
Teach about the Philippines for AAPI Heritage Month with And So It Begins! This award-winning documentary from Filipino-American documentary film director Ramona S. Diaz follows Leni Robredo’s 2022 presidential campaign and the quirky people’s movement that rises to defend the Philippines' democracy in a collective act of joy as a form of resistance.
Check out the link in the comments to learn more about sharing this joyful, inspiring film with your education community. 👇
#AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth #Filipino #FilipinoAmerican #Education #Homeschooling #GlobalEducation #Documentary #Philippines #MariaRessa #LeniRobredo #Movies
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Why we should be skeptical of the hasty global push to test 15-year-olds’ AI literacy in 2029
#AI #AILiteracy #Education #AIinSchools #Teachers #OECD #PISA2029 #EdTech #AIPolicy #FutureOfLearning #AIethics #GlobalEducation #CriticalAI
https://the-14.com/why-we-should-be-skeptical-of-the-hasty-global-push-to-test-15-year-olds-ai-literacy-in-2029/ -
January 31 is National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day! It's a great day to teach art with global education films.
Check out our free hands-on art activities for grades 2-8.
*Parents, if you're looking for art activities for kids, you're welcome to help yourself, too!
https://journeysinfilm.org/global-education/inspire-your-heart-with-art/
#Education #ArtLessons #Homeschooling #GlobalEducation #Art #ElementarySchool #ElementarySchoolTeacher #PrimarySchool #PrimarySchoolTeacher #MiddleSchool #MiddleSchoolTeacher #K12 #Parenting #KidsActivities @education @edutooters
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For International Self-Care Day, we're highlighting resources to promote emotional regulation, stress management, and mental well-being. These free classroom-ready lesson plans introduce students to Buddhism while teaching about different forms of meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative practice. They include experiential learning activities where students can try different types of soothing self-care right in the classroom.
Give yourself and your students the gift of self-care. https://religionmatters.org/2024/05/10/introducing-students-to-buddhism-through-film-and-experiential-learning/
#InternationalSelfCareDay #Meditation #Mindfulness #MandalaArt #ArtTherapy #Parenting #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #EmotionalRegulation #SocialEmotionalLearning #GlobalEducation #Vipassana #ExperientialLearning #Education #K12 #K16 #HomeSchool #HomeSchooling #TheCup #TheDhammaBrothers #TheStoryOfGod @mentalhealth @meditation @edutooters @homeschooling
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For International Self-Care Day, we're highlighting resources to promote emotional regulation, stress management, and mental well-being. These free classroom-ready lesson plans introduce students to Buddhism while teaching about different forms of meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative practice. They include experiential learning activities where students can try different types of soothing self-care right in the classroom.
Give yourself and your students the gift of self-care. https://religionmatters.org/2024/05/10/introducing-students-to-buddhism-through-film-and-experiential-learning/
#InternationalSelfCareDay #Meditation #Mindfulness #MandalaArt #ArtTherapy #Parenting #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #EmotionalRegulation #SocialEmotionalLearning #GlobalEducation #Vipassana #ExperientialLearning #Education #K12 #K16 #HomeSchool #HomeSchooling #TheCup #TheDhammaBrothers #TheStoryOfGod @mentalhealth @meditation @edutooters @homeschooling
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For International Self-Care Day, we're highlighting resources to promote emotional regulation, stress management, and mental well-being. These free classroom-ready lesson plans introduce students to Buddhism while teaching about different forms of meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative practice. They include experiential learning activities where students can try different types of soothing self-care right in the classroom.
Give yourself and your students the gift of self-care. https://religionmatters.org/2024/05/10/introducing-students-to-buddhism-through-film-and-experiential-learning/
#InternationalSelfCareDay #Meditation #Mindfulness #MandalaArt #ArtTherapy #Parenting #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #EmotionalRegulation #SocialEmotionalLearning #GlobalEducation #Vipassana #ExperientialLearning #Education #K12 #K16 #HomeSchool #HomeSchooling #TheCup #TheDhammaBrothers #TheStoryOfGod @mentalhealth @meditation @edutooters @homeschooling
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For International Self-Care Day, we're highlighting resources to promote emotional regulation, stress management, and mental well-being. These free classroom-ready lesson plans introduce students to Buddhism while teaching about different forms of meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative practice. They include experiential learning activities where students can try different types of soothing self-care right in the classroom.
Give yourself and your students the gift of self-care. https://religionmatters.org/2024/05/10/introducing-students-to-buddhism-through-film-and-experiential-learning/
#InternationalSelfCareDay #Meditation #Mindfulness #MandalaArt #ArtTherapy #Parenting #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #EmotionalRegulation #SocialEmotionalLearning #GlobalEducation #Vipassana #ExperientialLearning #Education #K12 #K16 #HomeSchool #HomeSchooling #TheCup #TheDhammaBrothers #TheStoryOfGod @mentalhealth @meditation @edutooters @homeschooling
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For International Self-Care Day, we're highlighting resources to promote emotional regulation, stress management, and mental well-being. These free classroom-ready lesson plans introduce students to Buddhism while teaching about different forms of meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative practice. They include experiential learning activities where students can try different types of soothing self-care right in the classroom.
Give yourself and your students the gift of self-care. https://religionmatters.org/2024/05/10/introducing-students-to-buddhism-through-film-and-experiential-learning/
#InternationalSelfCareDay #Meditation #Mindfulness #MandalaArt #ArtTherapy #Parenting #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #EmotionalRegulation #SocialEmotionalLearning #GlobalEducation #Vipassana #ExperientialLearning #Education #K12 #K16 #HomeSchool #HomeSchooling #TheCup #TheDhammaBrothers #TheStoryOfGod @mentalhealth @meditation @edutooters @homeschooling