When Global Events Expose Global Needs
How education systems are—or are not—helping learners develop global competencies in the era of COVID-19 “In the COVID-19 crisis, empathy has been more important than ever in my day…
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Global Competence Certificate for Teens Now Available Online
At a time when understanding others is more important than ever but travel remains challenging, AFS Intercultural Programs is providing a new way for teens to connect internationally while building…
2020 AFS Janus: Commitment to Service in Times of Crisis
by Daniel Obst, President & CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs In August 1946, Stephen Galatti, one of the founders of AFS and a key figure in our organization’s history, asked “What, if any,…
Rethinking the Role of Global Competence in School Curricula
“Providing all students the right opportunities to develop global competence will require significant changes in the classroom, including how much time students spend learning about the world and other cultures,…
AFS Holds a Successful Ibero-American Week of Global Education
Under the theme of: Globalize, Connect, Transform, 6,000 participants from Latin America and Europe met last week to debate the present and future of education. From June 1 to…
AFS WWII Ambulance Drivers Last Post
Arthur Bruce Boenau (IB 57) Arthur B. Boenau was born on May 12, 1926 in Casper, Wyoming and grew up in Sunnyside, Queens. Like his father, he attended Amherst College, but…
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen Liberation
This year’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was a rather different occasion from the one planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, AFS deeply honors…
What We’re Learning from the Black Lives Matter Movement
By the team at AFS International We are in pain. We hear the painful outcries triggered by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, João Pedro…
Leveraging Tech for Intercultural Learning
It’s clear that the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and online learning for those of us in (international) education far beyond what most had prepared or planned for.…