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June 26, 2012
 Unlikely allies, Hudak Hendrix and Jose Douglas Martinez share a passion for globalizing education to broaden the horizons of students and educators in El Salvador and the U.S. In 2010, Hendrix, as part of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP), traveled to Indonesia for two weeks, where he was hosted by a local teacher and learned about the country’s education system. Martinez, as part of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA), studied teaching methodologies at Claremont Graduate University in California in 2011. Both Hendrix and Martinez found their careers and world views altered by these international experiences. |
March 30, 2012
 When 88 master educators from every region of the world came together last week at a four-day workshop in Washington, D.C., they shared more than the teaching methodologies they had cultivated over the course of the six-week program: they shared a new sense of mutual understanding gained from the partnerships they had forged with schools across America. |
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February 10, 2012
 For the first time, teachers from Lithuania and Oman joined educators from 27 other nations to further develop their vocations and share cultures in the United States as part of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program. |
December 19, 2011
 IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the fall 2011 TEA and ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. 20 alumni of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) and 11 alumni of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) will receive funding to support their innovative small grant project ideas. |
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November 18, 2011
 When Greg Adler, a history teacher in San Jose, California, met Ukrainian teaching fellow Natasha Kanarska through the Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program, he didn’t realize the extent to which this educational partnership would globalize each of their classrooms and schools. |
November 14, 2011
 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year. |
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November 14, 2011
 The 2010 earthquake in Haiti took the lives of thousands and devastated the health and education systems of heavily populated areas throughout the country. Amidst the chaos and destruction, Haitians provided training and safe spaces for students to help restore structure and develop skills to respond to potential future disasters. Jovenel Thomas, an English teacher from Cap-Haitien, has been a champion for these much-needed efforts. |
October 4, 2011
 In celebration of World Teachers' Day, IREX honors teachers who dedicate countless hours to helping young people create their own better future. Celestin Munyandekwe is a secondary school teacher in Rwanda and a 2011 fellow of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program. His vision for a more peaceful and productive society is helping to shape a generation of tolerant minds in rural Rwanda. IREX spoke with Munyandekwe to learn about his inspiration for teaching and his aspirations for his students. |
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September 14, 2011
 “When I saw the first student entering the classroom, I said to myself, “Ok, now you are the teacher! Be calm and take a deep breath,” said Merve Celen, a recent university graduate from Bogazici University in Istanbul, recounting her experience teaching an English class in Arkansas for the first time. |
August 17, 2011
 A group of teachers from Pakistan arrived in the US recently and were welcomed into the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA). TEA brings outstanding secondary school teachers from around the globe to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. |
