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Teacher Fellows Return Home Energized May 26, 2011 Last week, IREX welcomed 72 teachers from fifteen different countries to Washington, D.C., for the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) End of Program Conference. These teachers spent the past five months in an intensive professional development program at one of five US Universities. The End of Program Conference is the culmination of the professional and cultural exchange experience that the teachers have gone through over the course of the semester. During the conference, teachers presented excerpts from original professional development teacher training modules that they created at their host universities on effective teaching methods such as active learning, sheltered instruction, and technology for instruction.	TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants Award Recipients Announced April 13, 2011 IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2011 TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. IREX, in conjunction with an independent selection committee and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, selected 16 alumni of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) and 15 alumni of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) to receive funding to support their original small grant project ideas.
Reflections from IREX's Returned Peace Corps Volunteers: Cape Verde March 11, 2011 by Emily Longenecker Not many students come to the library at the University of Cape Verde in the late afternoon on weekdays. The 2nd and 3rd years are in their classes and the 1st years have already gone home for the day. But Monica comes to the library most afternoons to do research and design the visuals for her class.	International Women’s Day: Views from A Kenyan Teacher March 8, 2011 Alice Sayo is a teacher from Kenya who arrived in the US in January 2011 as a participant on the International Leaders in Education Program. Against incredible odds, Alice avoided early marriage, went to school, and became a teacher, assistant principal, and an advocate for girls’ education.
2011 ILEP Fellows Arrive in US January 13, 2011 by Sarah Dye Last week, 74 teachers from 15 countries around world gathered in Washington DC for the International Leaders in Education Program.	Global Education is Not a Fad December 17, 2010 Global education is not just a study abroad program or after-school courses for talented students or a Model UN club or a language class. It is a curriculum that incorporates global themes into the fabric of daily teaching and learning, in every subject and at every grade level, pre-K through 12.
Small Bike, Big Dreams December 13, 2010 by Amy Ahearn I came outside and found a little girl in a headscarf waiting for me. Her bike was rusty and small, but she steadfastly pedaled behind me as I jogged along the hot Malaysian road.	Teachers in the Global Fight Against AIDS December 1, 2010 by Emily Longenecker There are 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world. Today is World AIDS Day - a day of opportunity to raise awareness and educate about the disease which affects all nations at the most local level.
Internationalizing Education, One Teacher at a Time November 30, 2010 by Sarah Dye An interview with select US and international teachers who participated in a direct-match exchange through the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP).	What’s in a Language? November 23, 2010 by Kate Czarniak Despite its varying definitions and conceptualizations, most academics, students and educators agree that one of the core components of international education is second language learning.