News-Decoder's first webinar of 2019-20 will look at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a U.S. military prison established by President George Bush in 2002. Addressing the webinar will be Lakhdar Boumediene, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held at the camp for seven years before being released based on lack of sufficient evidence. […]
In News-Decoder's second webinar of 2019-20, students at Greens Farms Academy and School Year Abroad Italy will examine the theme "Crime & Punishment". To get your link to the live webinar, register by clicking here.
With trust in journalists at an all-time low, reality TV seems an unlikely vehicle for nurturing media literacy. But in Kenya, aspiring journalists competing on a popular TV show are learning crucial skills while they deepen the public's understanding of the crucial role journalism can play in promoting accountability and good governance. In this exclusive […]
Students at King's Academy in Jordan and Miss Porter's School in the United States will discuss the theme, Walls & Bridges, in this exclusive webinar. To register for the webinar, follow the URL listed below.
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? […]
Coming soon: students from The African Leadership Academy and The Hewitt School will meet for a one-hour webinar to discuss COVID-19 and Healthcare from their geographical perspectives.
Coming soon: a one-hour global webinar on climate change and human rights held by La Jolla Country Day School in Ojai, California and European School Brussels II, Brussels.
Don’t miss this inaugural event in News Decoder’s new series, Decoder Dialogues. Democracy is under assault. Two authoritative barometers show that democracy around the world has been in decline for at least 15 years. Fewer than one in 10 people live in full democracies, while more than a third of the world’s population live under […]