by Cecilia Vasquez, Director AFS Guatemala The AFS organizations in countries that form the Latin American Alliance for Intercultural Education, ALEI, are now open to host and organize faculty-led programs…
300 Educators from 61 countries have just graduated from their AFS Effect+ for the Classroom program, supported by the Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation. The AFS Effect+ program began in October…
by Veronica Boix Mansilla, AFS Education Committee Chair, and Principal Investigator and Executive Committee member at Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education We live in remarkable times. Over the…
This International Education Week (IEW) (November 14-18, 2022) AFS celebrated the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide with a series of webinars. More than 1200 registrants from around the…
More than 200 future AFSers from 24 countries joined the AFS Global Student MeetUp, a virtual preparation for the high school exchanges they are about to travel to. Participants connected with one…
AFS participated in an international meeting of University Cities in Temuco, Chile, which attracted more than 700 participants, including public figures, decision makers, students, teachers, and university faculty and staff.…
50 teachers from 16 countries are currently taking part in the 2022-23 Effect+ for the Classroom program – AFS’s full scholarship program for teachers who want to learn about key…
Intercultural exchanges have a profound impact on young people—not only on their personal growth, but also on their education and the world views they go on to hold. One of…
In any society, teachers play one of the key roles in shaping young minds and helping them develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need for their future lives and…