Explore New York City’s many dynamic and diverse neighborhoods, as well as historical monuments and museums. See how environments outside school can be a global learning platform. This experience—and the tools you’ll get—you can model this type of learning for your own students. This pre-conference session, like the others, are filling up quickly. Register today [...]
Download the Conference App
Download the free PGL Conference App. It includes all the latest information about the sessions, speakers, exhibitors, and special events. You can also create a schedule for yourself directly on the app. Another important feature is the ability to create a profile and to use it as a networking tool. It works with Twitter, Linkedin, and [...]
Bring Your Devices to PGL12
Pack your smart phone, iPad and/or laptop—and don’t forget your charger. We’ll put your digital devices to work at PGL12. We’ve gathered some of the best technology teachers to deliver keynotes, lead workshops, and model best digital teaching and learning practices. We plan to put what we learn to practice right away. We will: Capture [...]
Experiential Workshops: Build Student Global Competence
Asia Society fifth annual conference, “Pathways to Global Competence,” will feature three pre-conference sessions followed by experiential learning excursion around New York City. We’ve invited some of the most experienced, prolific educators to work with you. Marcia Tate is a world-renowned education expert and author of the bestselling book, Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional [...]
Rather Outspoken on Education
I’m excited to report Dan Rather will open this year’s Partnership for Global Learning conference. Journalist and author Dan Rather will discuss his most recent investigative reporting on school systems around the world. In 2006 Rather founded the company News and Guts and became anchor and managing editor of HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports, which specializes [...]
Digital Learning
PGL12 will feature one strand on how to integrate the use of technology and media in the classroom to create a truly global environment. Educators will hear from an experts panel and take part in hands-on workshops that model teaching for 21st century skills. Here are some of the ideas we’re working on. These are [...]
Tony Wagner to Speak at PGL12
What will innovation look like in five years or a decade later? That’s a tough question, but luckily for us, educator and author Tony Wagner will appear at PGL12 to answer that question. He’ll make a case that innovation is the key driver to global competitiveness and a society’s well being. How schools nurture creativity [...]
Evolving our Education System
My colleagues Heather Singmaster, Jessica Kehayes, and I just returned from a multi-country trip to have conversations around international best practice and common issues of concern in education. What we are finding is countries recognize that education will be key to economic growth in a global knowledge and innovation-based economy. Another way to say it [...]
The Common Core and Global Competence
The Partnership for Global Learning Annual Conference will feature practical ways to connect global competence to the process of adopting the Common Core Standards. With 45 states and the District of Columbia adopting the standards, there’s a lot of speculation on how it will all play out. Asia Society has a long history of bringing some of [...]
Podcast: Inspire Students to Succeed Globally
Today marks the beginning of International Education Week (IEW) 2011. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit also kicked off a couple days ago. What do they have to do with one another? Quite a lot it turns out. U.S. President Barack Obama said at the APEC Summit opening, “No region will do more to shape [...]



