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This is Filip Spagnoli's blog, which is mainly about human rights-including political and economic human rights such as the right to participate in government (democracy being a subset of human rights) and the right not to suffer poverty-seen from different perspectives, such as philosophy, art, politics (hence "p.a.p."), economics, statistics, law, psychology, etc.

This guest entry was written by Madeleine F. Green, a Senior Fellow at NAFSA and the International Association of Universities. It was originally published in NAFSA's newish Trends & Insights series of short online article that are "designed to highlight social, economic, political and higher education system trends affecting international higher education." Our thanks to Madeleine and NAFSA for permission to post her fascinating entry here (which is also available as a PDF via this link). Kris Olds Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/global-citizenship-%E2%80%93-what-are-we-talking-about-and-why-does-it-matter#ixzz2DeE6CMmL Inside Higher Ed

Kidtelligent. "Goal Setting With Children." Accessed April 2, 2013. http://blog.kidtelligent.com/goal-setting-with-children/ Grade Level: K and up Description: This blog looks into the different questions to approach creating and achieving goals with children, and then tying those those questions into different steps.

Tremont first grade classrooms partnered with H2O for Life, an organization that helps find solutions to the water crisis around the world. The first graders learned to become global citizens. Students at Tremont learned that while we are all different, together we can make the world a better place.

Want to make a difference to the children in your life and the world? Here are 8 reasons why teaching children about child rights is vital.

Stumped by how to teach an abstract concept like empathy to your child? Sesame Street to the rescue! Watch Mark Ruffalo (the famous actor) and Murray (the famous muppet) act it out.

Corkboard Connections. "A Special Time to Reflect on Goal Setting." Accessed April 2, 2013. http://corkboardconnections.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-special-time-to-reflect-on-goal.html Grade Level: K and up Description: This blog is a great resource for bringing goal setting into the classroom. It mentions different books and activity sets that can be used to create and organize goals for students in the classroom. As well as a link to the E-Book that is available to buy that includes tons of resources for goal setting.