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We are excited about our new partnership with Norwood Public School District in Massachusetts to implement inquiry-based learning and global competence education throughout the district! You can learn more about this new collaboration, and hear from administrators Margo Fraczek and Cindy Derrane, in the Wicked Local Norwood!

“I hope this helps increase our student engagement. I hope kids find their passion. I hope they start to see the real-world connections with what they learn every day and the world beyond.”

Students from Byram Hills High School’s Global Scholars Program were recently highlighted for their project on the 2020 Census (video below). Byram Hills High School is a World Savvy partner school and we have worked with their program over the last few years, and we’re excited about the impactful work that the students are doing. Read the article here.

Persys Shadfar, a student from Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California, wrote a guest blog about Persys’s thoughts on Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+, and how the World Savvy project helped them began to see the intersection of the struggle for equality by race, gender, and sexual identity. Read about Persys’s experience and journey here.

Dana Mortenson, CEO and Co-Founder, and Sue Campbell, Ecole Bilingue educator were highlighted in a segment about teaching social justice on ABC7 News Bay Area. Watch the segment below!

We are thrilled that World Savvy was featured as one of HundrED’s Innovations! You can check out our page on their website HERE.

This May, Dana was honored to have been a part of this journey, exploring the amazing Willmar, MN alongside Tom Friedman from The New York Times, and proud to be working for more inclusive communities with friends like Hamse Warfa.

You can read the full article here!

On April 4^th, 100 middle and high school students from Knoxville gathered for a pop-up design challenge at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. The wonderful folks at WVLT came by to cover the event and the students. Watch the coverage and read about what they wrote about the event here!

Dana Mortenson, CEO of World Savvy, had the privilege of being one of the many influential guests featured on PBS’ online program, “Brief but Spectacular.” Watch Dana give her Brief but Spectacular take on being a savvy global citizen. Watch the segment and read the short article here.

In February 2017, The New York Times reporter David Bornstein profiled World Savvy and the increasing need for global competence. You can read the article here. The story has been hugely helpful in drawing new audiences to our work, and we’ll continue to use it to build excitement and support for World Savvy.

Dana Mortenson wrote a blog for Edutopia about using real-world case studies, embracing complexity, practicing empathy, integrating technology, and encouraging reflection in K-16.

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