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May 20

“For me, the new possibilities for my students are the most rewarding. By using ICT, they can work with their peers from other countries.” – Darko Taleski, Macedonia

May 16

“We often talk about what skills students require to be successful in the 21st century workforce, but what skills does the 21st century educator need to deal with a student who has all of these resources available to them?” – Tracy Immel, USA

May 13

“How do we keep effective teachers in the classroom? How do we make sure that schools have the kind of culture and conditions that reward teachers for their hard work and recognize them as professionals?” – Bill McDiarmid, USA

Apr 16

“Rather than being technology-centric, the Teacher Education Initiative puts front-and-center the problems and opportunities facing educators.” – Jim Ptaszynski, USA

Apr 11

“We have been stuck on this content mastery model and that needs to go away. With the ability to have access to the Internet in your pocket at all times, you no longer need to know facts. You need to know what facts you need to solve a problem.” – David Slykhuis

Taryn Benarroch

Apr 9

“Expert Educators Program Launches! Apply and participate in the Partners in Learning Global Forum that celebrates the world’s most innovative educators.” – Taryn Benarroch, USA

Apr 3

A Partners in Learning Institute Reunion: Learn from the Masters

Mar 20

Unlock the Power of Collaboration through Peer Coaching – Les Foltos, USA

Mar 14

“All of the 21st century skills are equally important. One of them can’t be enough on its own, but all of them combined can provide a synergistic effect and make a great impact on the future of the world.” – Saša Španović, Serbia

Slavica Gomilanović

Dec 27

“Today, the teacher mustn’t only be a conveyer of information and knowledge to students. The teacher must be organizer, planner, coordinator and strategist of the teaching process, and must understand that the center of the teaching process should be the student.” – Slavica Gomilanović, Serbia

Dec 24

“Our students must become problem solvers, collaborators, and creative life-long learners.” – Helen Gooch, USA

Anneli Rautiainen

Dec 13

“It’s a bit old-fashioned that one teacher goes to a training and then comes back to the school. We need to have the training within the schools so that teachers learn together.” – Anneli Rautiainen, Finland

Nov 30

“One of the greatest moments for all of us at Partners in Learning is when a teacher comes up to us and says, ‘Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my experience with other teachers and really feel the work I’m doing is appreciated and can help other teachers and students around the world.’” – Lauren Woodman, USA

Nov 28

“Education is the root for a healthy community. Education gives knowledge and prepares our children for a better future.” – Chitra Subramanian, India

Taryn Benarroch

Nov 20

“If we can harness the power of our network and the collective knowledge of the best educators in the world even more effectively than we are already doing – I believe we will see some incredible changes that will be able to scale in ways never before seen in education.” – Taryn Benarroch, USA

Nov 13

“The concept of career ladders is where we need to go…going beyond the concept of professional development and thinking about how you grow and develop talent for years and not just to meet today’s needs.” – Alvin Crawford, USA

Nov 7

“I would love to put a computer in the hand of every child – but I could not and would not leave it at that. Changing education takes so much more. Technology will always just be a tool.” – Kirsten Panton, Denmark

Aug 3

“Textbooks are too narrow and outdated, especially in science. We aren’t simply using the technology to access electronic textbooks; we are going beyond them. Why limit yourself to a backyard pool when you can swim in an ocean of knowledge?” – USA

Jul 4

“There are more than two billion social network users connected together. There are more than two billion potential teachers from around the world who can share their experience and learn together. Everyone can be your teacher!” – Hong Kong