Journal published on June, 2017. This Issue explores and discusses several contemporary topics such as leadership, education, politics, technology, etc. written by various educators, researchers, professors, policy-makers and students from all over the globe . To download this entire Issue in a pdf format, click here.…
Month: June 2017
“Behold, our butter stinketh!—Give us, therefore, butter that stinketh not” – the rally cry behind the very first student protest on American soil (Noah B, 2011). Initiated by student Asa Dunbar in 1766, students at Harvard University protested against the University’s declining quality of food…
A week ago, I found myself driving north down highway 400 to an annual counselling spring retreat, listening to Springsteen sing about his favourite topics: small towns and big dreams. In the passenger seat lay the pages of a presentation I was supposed to deliver…
Old ways of counseling were guidance counselors. Then went to profession or college counselors. Need to get back where we were. Global mindset for guidance, not silos. Don’t self-select out of one area into another. Intended audience is counselors. Students think their plan for success…
Recently, the University of California-Berkeley, made news by disallowing conservative political commentator, Ann Coulter, from speaking on their campus at the invitation of a conservative group of students. On some campuses, this may not be news…the other campuses are not the home of the “Free…
Sahar lives in a refugee camp in the Saadnayel informal settlement in Lebanon. Her parents recently fled the war in Syria, and despite continuous fighting in the camp and not enough to eat, she goes to school every day – it makes her happy and…
Part One: The Teachings of Cavemen Helina is a member of a stone age tribe. The ice age is waning, and as the giant sheets and pillars of ice drift slowly away, in their wake lie fertile ground and new sources of food. Helina is…
Introduction From the day that she became an independent sovereign State, India has been poised to become a momentous country. The incidents that have unfolded in the history of modern India have only played their part in latently being sub-landmarks of a greater destiny awaiting…
Abstract This article discusses the professional learning communities (PLCs) at an urban school in the northeastern United States that included middle and high school teachers and university researchers from a university in the northeast region. The objective of the study was to engage teachers in…
Abstract Active Shooter Incidents (ASI) are a re-occurring and all-too-familiar trend in the United States. The role of Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) administrators is vital to the overarching preparation of policies and procedures for an effective response to ASIs. IHL administrators’ support of educational…