6 Insights Into Creating a School Culture of Empathy
A convening of five schools in 2012 yielded these tips on cultivating empathy in your school. The StartEmpathy team gathered together educators from Mission Hill School,Lake Forest Park School, the Center for Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, Georgetown Day School, and Prospect Sierra School -...
6 Insights Into Creating a School Culture of Empathy
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Breaking Poverty by Providing Access to Free Higher Education in South Africa
Taddy Blecher, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Maharishi Institute to try and revive a lost generation. Every day in South Africa, 4 million youths wake up with nothing to do and it pushes them on to the streets and into crime. Taddy dreamed of a way to unlocking the genius within these young people...
Breaking Poverty by Providing Access to Free Higher Education in South Africa
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A "self-funding" education - Breaking poverty by providing access to higher education
Taddy Blecher, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Maharishi Institute to try and revive a lost generation. Every day in South Africa, 4 million youths wake up with nothing to do and it pushes them on to the streets and into crime. Taddy dreamed of a way to unlocking the genius within these young people...
Carlogie Primary School
Social justice shapes Carlogie Primary School’s ethos and internal atmosphere, underpinning the way in which students, staff and the wider community interact with one another. The golden thread that has woven all of this together is the school’s identity as a Fairtrade School, where students and...
Sidcot School
“Live Adventurously” is the mission statement at Sidcot School. This saying translates into an approach that encourages individual thought, questioning and exploration. The school’s education is as much about nurturing the spirit as it is about outstanding academic success. There is a real sense of...
Cadoxton Primary School
Cadoxton Primary School is a community school with an ambitious vision for the future of education captured in its motto – “Learning and Growing Together, Being our Best Forever”. The school is at the forefront of integrating digital technology into education and it is a leader for the new changes...
Studio School Liverpool
Operating in a different way from other schools, Studio School Liverpool focuses on equipping young people with the skills, knowledge and practical experience they need to succeed both in life and work. The school specializes in coding, creativity and entrepreneurship and delivers these through its...
Torriano Junior School
Torriano Primary School sits at the heart of a diverse and multicultural neighborhood in inner city London. The children, staff, parents, and community come from a range of ethnic backgrounds and a high number of students have a statement of special educational needs. All aspects of the school and...
Matthew Moss High School
Matthew Moss High School facilitates social and emotional development alongside academics. They believe in students’ life-long and independent learning, meaningful contribution to society and exposure to systems thinking. They uphold a unique learning agenda through learner-led classrooms in which...
Dragon School
Dragon School recognizes that its students are likely to be influential. They are cultivating a generation of empathetic leaders by mobilising children’s natural curiosity and generosity of spirit. They engage every student to participate in social impact activities and become a visionary for the...