The COVID-19 pandemic is putting strains on families, communities, the economy – and in many cases our mental health. It can be a challenge to stay balanced in such unprecedented and uncertain circumstances. In this online session on April 27 at noon U.S. Eastern, therapist Pat Spencer will join students from Westover School and School […]
Climate expert Tom Burke will lead this exclusive webinar on the outlook for efforts to curb global warming once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Burke, who is the chairman and founding director of E3G, an environmental think tank, and an environmental policy adviser to Rio Tinto, will be joined by students from Gimnasio Los Caobos […]
News Decoder faculty are invited to attend a brainstorming session with educators and administrators in our global network to share their experiences teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this session is to allow faculty to learn from others what has worked and what has not during the pandemic, and how to apply the […]
This workshop offers you the tools you need to produce a winning submission for our Storytelling Contest, to shine in your school’s global webinar and prepare for life beyond school.
This workshop offers you the tools you need to produce a winning submission for our Storytelling Contest, to shine in your school’s global webinar and prepare for life beyond school.
This workshop offers you the tools you need to produce a winning submission for our Storytelling Contest, to shine in your school’s global webinar and prepare for life beyond school.
The deadline for submissions to News Decoder's 8th Storytelling Contest is 11:59 pm CET on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. To learn more about the contest and how to produce a submission that stands out, visit our Contest page. To submit your entry, please send your work to contest@news-decoder.com.
This year, Joe Biden takes office at a critical, unprecedented moment in American history as the nation grapples with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and dire economic circumstances.
Join guest experts Gene Gibbons, a former White House correspondent who covered six U.S. presidents; Mark Weinberg, a former spokesman for President Ronald Reagan; and students from News Decoder’s partner schools at this exclusive webinar, just days ahead of Inauguration Day 2021.
Nationalist political movements have been on the rise in Western countries in recent years, with vast consequences for local, national and global political agendas. Join students from The Thacher School, in Ojai, California, and Transylvania College, in Cluj, Romania, on Saturday, February 13, for a global conversation about nationalism.
During the one-hour webinar, students will share their perspectives on nationalism and the different philosophies that exist about it in their countries, and will discuss how nationalist politics have affected everything from energy independence agendas, local Indigenous communities, environmental issues and tensions between citizens and the political class. The students are eager to share what they’ve learned and hope you’ll be able to join them for the global conversation!
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted — and heightened — disparities between groups: between those with access to healthcare and vaccines and those without it; between racial groups; between classes of workers; between students in privileged and underprivileged learning environments. These disparities raise pressing questions of global consequence, to which students entering a globalized world are keen to find solutions.
On February 16, at 7:00pm (US Eastern) / February 17, at 9:00am (GMT+9), students from Friends Seminary, in New York, Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut, and Chadwick International, in Incheon, South Korea, will join up for one-hour webinar on the disparities that COVID-19 has brought to the surface. Please join them for the global conversation!
Join students from Gimnasio Los Caobos in Bogotá, Colombia, Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Connecticut, and Herlufsholm School in Næstved, Denmark, for a one-hour conversation focusing on innovators who are making our world more sustainable. What are schools doing to reduce their carbon footprints? How are companies innovating to offer products that are both environmentally friendly and affordable? […]
The deadline for submissions for the News Decoder Podcast's 4th season is 11:59 pm CET on Friday, April 2, 2021. To learn more about the podcast and how to apply, visit our Podcast page. To submit your entry, please send your work to tendayi.chirawu@news-decoder.com.