Primary Source News Recent News Global Citizen Education Alliance releases tool for school leaders Last year, our Executive Director, Jennifer Boyle Nigro, was selected, along with co-chair Nafisa Shekhova, to lead the Varkey Foundation's Global Citizenship Education Alliance. Now, the Alliance invites educators to assess their global citizenship performance. What Teachers Need to Know: A Podcast with Global Insights for K-12 Contexts Primary Source is excited to announce our first podcast! Every episode offers teachers vital insight for understanding world cultures and current events. Primary Source Announces Global Schools Toolkit The Building Global Schools Toolkit, a newly-developed resource from Primary Source, captures our understanding of how schools can shape practices that are more globally-oriented and culturally responsive, on a practical level. 2017 News Jennifer Boyle co-chairs Varkey Foundation’s Global Citizenship Education Alliance Our Executive Director, Jennifer Boyle, and Senior Program Director, Deborah Cunningham, recently traveled to Dubai for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Education and Skills Forum. Primary Source Spotlight: CITIZENARTS We are pleased to spotlight CITIZENARTS, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing civic education programs to colleges and universities as well as to public policy and business groups throughout the U.S. and internationally. Bringing the Joy of Art and Culture into the Classroom: The Music of Strangers Find out about our exciting new collaboration with The Silkroad Project, involving their new film The Music of Strangers. Believe in Global Education - Believe in Primary Source Learn about our core beliefs that guide our work, what we hope to achieve. Excitment in the Classroom: Teaching about Ghana Learn how about an in-district training about Ghana's history and culture from Crystal Kwabea Adu-Poke, a Ghanian college student who worked on it. Stow Educator Crafts Powerful Climate Change Curriculum Learn how a Primary Source summer institute inspired elementary educator Karen Mayotte to transform her after-school Engineering Club curriculum. "I will be forever thankful for what I learned and was able to bring back to my young learners, " she says. Teachers Union Blazing Trail for Global Education Access Primary Source headed to Chicago in April to kick off its new partnership with IEA: "“We were excited to have an opportunity to introduce our work to a new group of educators.” Teaching Social Justice Through Children's Human Rights "Teaching students about the human rights of children can open a window for global social justice in your curriculum at any grade level...Studying children's rights can deepen student empathy and lead to greater global engagement." Collaborating with Watertown Public Schools for Sustained Change “As it does with all its programming, Primary Source energizes our team of educators, helping us to provide students with a deeper understanding of the world,” says Jean Fitzgerald, Superintendent of Watertown Public Schools. Primary Source & Illinois Education Association Announce New Partnership “We’re thrilled we can help meet the demand that Illinois educators have for reliable and stimulating professional growth opportunities,” says Bob LaRocca. Donor Profile: Meet HNA Group “We must change how we think about the world…all of us must become global citizens in order to be aware how our individual and collective behavior impacts the world both near and far,” says Mr. Wang Jia.