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"Introduction In recent years, the world has witnessed a growing wave of local initiatives in support of public schools. Teachers, cultural associations and civil society have been playing an active part in grassroots experiments aimed at helping schools in the creative elaboration of new educational methods, also exploiting information technologies. Here answers are coming from those directly faced with educational issues, in contrast with the more common top-down reforms, where experts' committees draw up didactic experimentation plans to be put forward to willing teachers. Experiments like that are often very effective but, unfortunately, they rarely get known beyond the immediate sphere of their promoters. Moreover, they tend to be short-lived because promoters don't have the strength to sustain them and a suitable supporting network is lacking. They are like drops in the ocean: they apparently cannot change the entire educational system. But the ocean of whole human community could be flooded by many such contained experiments that would transform it, if the most meaningful of them could be fostered, spread and developed. ..."

Overweight is taking a heavy toll on people's health and the economy. Health Promotion Switzerland focus on activities that will increase the number of people with healthy weight. Core target groups are children and adolescents. In cooperation with cantons and other partners, the strategic area «Healthy Weight» will implement policies to halt the trend towards more and more overweight people. Most information in French and German

"About Together project video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIdADujEf2g Description This project was created to promote dialogue, tolerance and unity Sar-el's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/sareloreno Together project video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIdADujEf2g Basic Info Created May 2012 Contact Info Website http://www.facebook.com/sareloreno"

Video to promote making the learning of languages a national priority, where we recognize in other countries learning another languages is already a part of the curriculum and where it is important to know other languages to succeed economically, diplomatically and in our careers.

Teaching Japan through Children's Literature online curriculum is a collection of teacher-developed, standards-based, cross-curricular K-6 lessons. The collection is designed to promote the teaching of cultural studies of Japan while developing students' knowledge and skills in literacy and communication. Each of the six lessons features an authentic children's literature book on an aspect of Japanese culture.

ARGuing is a Comenius project funded within the European Union Lifelong Learning programme for the promotion of language learning for secondary school students (ages 13 to16).\n\nThe project has created a special collaborative, multilingual game, called an Alternate Reality Game,

The Berlin internationally Literature festival is appealing for A worldwide reading OF Mahmoud Darwish ’ s poetry on 5 October 2008. The of activities accompanying this event acres designed emergency only tons honour the poet ’ s body OF work but thus his commitment tons promoting peaceful and fair coexistence between Arabs and Israeli. This appeal is directed RK cultural institution, radio station, schools, universities, theatres and all other Darwish enthusiasts the world more over.

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.

This is a social networking site for K-20 educators interested in promoting global awareness.