The Huffington Post – Monica Medina
“…International Education Week is just around the corner. From November 16 to 20, students and educators everywhere will be finding a multitude of ways to keep it global. IEW, which is designed to promote cross-cultural learning, started with President Bill Clinton. In 2000, he made it a joint initiative between the US Department of State and the Department of Education. Today, it’s celebrated around the world, in over 100 countries…today, keeping it global is common sense. Listen to Dr. Aaron Bruce, Chief Diversity Officer for San Diego State University…”IEW is an opportunity for us to be more conscious about developing global competencies, and understanding how we’re connected to the rest of our planet,” he says. “Infusing international opportunities in the K thru 12 curriculum is just as critical as it is in higher education for the economic stability of our country…We want the next generation of students to be the best in the world and have a competitive advantage…I think it’s everyone’s responsibility to contribute in different ways, to internationalizing the curriculum, to exposing young people to different cultures and to ways of solving problems around the world.””(more)