One World Education

http://www.oneworldeducation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=

KDSL authored a lesson entitled Looking Inward featured on the new One World Education web site. This was produced from a student ambassador’s reflection. To access click on the link above.

National Math Panel Forum

http://ime.math.arizona.edu/2008-09/1007_forum.html
www.cbmsweb.org/NMP_Intro.htm

KDSL will participate in the National Math Panel Forum scheduled for October 6-7, 2008 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.

Pictures from the National Math Panel Forum are below.

http://www.cbmsweb.org/NMP_Forum/Working_Groups/image035.htm

http://www.cbmsweb.org/NMP_Forum/Working_Groups/image036.htm

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

   

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to announce the release of our new report: 21st Century Skills, Education & Competitiveness.   You can download the report now from the Partnership’s website:   http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=40 If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Erin Schmidt at eschmidt@eluminategroup.com.

Talk It Out Tuesdays

Education has been viewed as fundamental to ending poverty.

Do you agree or disagree?

International Literacy Day

Monday, September 8 is International Literacy Day.

Facts about International Literacy Day

 http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/ILD2007_facts.pdf

• International Literacy Day is celebrated each year on September 8th.

• International Literacy Day was first observed on September 8, 1967.

• The aim of International Literacy Day is to focus attention on the need to promote worldwide literacy.

• It is estimated that 860 million of the world’s adults do not know how to read or write (nearly two-thirds of this number are women), and that more than 100 million children lack access to education.

For more information please visit http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/ILD_DC.html

 This year KDSL attended the International Literacy Day Celebration at the Martin Luther Kinig, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. At this event the Reading Across Continents Project was featured. For more information on this project go to http://www.readingacrosscontinents.com/.