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Coming to a Theater Near You August 20, 2010 by Amy Ahearn It’s not often that my work at IREX intersects with the Sundance Film Festival. Yet on September 24th, “Waiting for Superman,” a film about problems plaguing the American education system will hit theatres	Jordanian Teacher Revitalizes School For Refugee Students March 2, 2010 by Amy Ahearn In the asphalt courtyard outside Zarqa Preparatory Boys School #2, Samer Abu Koush watches 22 young boys chase after a bright red soccer ball. As their teacher and coach, Abu Koush knows that many of the boys have grown up in a refugee camp.
IREX Celebrates International Education Week November 17, 2009 “We come from many places, but we share a common future,” President Barack Obama said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly this September. This statement could not be more fitting for International Education Week (November 16-20), which celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.	IREX Celebrates World Teachers Day October 2, 2009 To remain competitive in the global economy, there is an increasing need for globally-aware young learners who are able to understand their peers in other countries and think critically outside of traditional subject areas. Creative, motivated educators are taking the lead in preparing these students, often despite large class sizes and limited resources. Some of these teachers use online tools to enable youth from the U.S. and nations as far away as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to see literally into each other’s classrooms.
Jordanian ILEP Alumnus Selected for National Curriculum Design Team February 1, 2009 The Jordanian Education System has reached a “turning point,” according to English teacher and International Leadership in Education Program alumnus Mamoun Al-Zoubi. As a teacher who was recently selected for the National Team for Designing Curricula by the Jordanian Ministry of Education for the recently founded National Institute of Education, Al-Zoubi could not be more optimistic about the progress of his country’s education system.	International Educators Experience Community-Based Learning Through Partnerships with DC-Area Museums June 25, 2008 by Amira Maaty After participating in a semester-long, in-service teacher training program at various US universities, a group of international teachers selected to participate in the International Leadership in Education Program (ILEP) concluded their program in Washington, DC, where they received additional training on teacher leadership and how their indiviudal professional development experiences could be transformed and applied in their classrooms, schools, and communities back home.
International Educators Meet President Carter June 13, 2007 On May 13th, International Education Program (IEP) fellows currently studying at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia traveled to the town of Plains, where they met with President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn. While in Plains, IEP fellows had the opportunity to attend President Carter's Sunday School Class at Maranatha Baptist Church.	IREX Awarded Grant for a New Professional Development Program for International Educators June 7, 2006 IREX has been awarded a grant by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State to administer the new International Educators Program (IEP).