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November 5, 2010
by Kristin Laboe
Kristin Laboe with her students in Haiti

Haitian youth are leaders. They have a large role to play as their country rebuilds.

November 2, 2010
by Amy Ahearn

I was boarding a train in Madurai, India, saying my last goodbyes to the Tamil family I had lived with, when my host mother, Usha, pressed my hand and said, “We’ll see you again when Nivetha goes to MIT.”

October 20, 2010
by Clare Ye Sheng
Principal Liu Xinsheng (R) presents gifts to IREX President, Bob Pearson (L)

Recently, we hosted a delegation of educators from northwestern China. The High School attached to Northwest Normal University is one of the high schools in which IREX is implementing a student journalism program.

October 13, 2010
by Sarah Dye
Haitian Teachers Revive Community and Rebuild Education

Amid the chaos of recovery, and continuing for months after the earthquake, three Haitian teachers have risen to the occasion to provide desperately needed training for their peers and safe extracurricular activities for their students.

October 8, 2010
by Sarah Dye
IREX Remembers Sidy Dieng (Sidy is second from left)

A dear friend of IREX and distinguished alumnus of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP), Mr. Sidy Dieng of Foundiougne, Senegal passed away on October 8, 2010.

October 4, 2010
by Kate Czarniak
Filipina English Teacher Makes Strides in the Classroom

ILEP Alumnae Mercelita Labial from the Philippines integrates technology into her English language classroom and wins Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award.

October 1, 2010
by Amy Ahearn

During the blizzard of 1888, teacher Minnie Freeman tied her students together with a ball of twine.

September 20, 2010
by Sarah Dye
TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant Award Recipients Announced

IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition for the Fall 2010 cycle.

September 17, 2010
by Amy Ahearn
School feeding program sponsored by WFP; photo by Julien Harneis

The message of the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign is particularly suited to the current American obesity crisis. Yet she is also following in the footsteps of other international leaders who have stepped into school cafeterias.

September 15, 2010
by Sarah Dye
Ukrainian Teacher Launches Anti-Drug Campaign

Ukrainian English teacher Oleksandr Korotkov developed a month-long anti-drug campaign to combat drug use among youth in the Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyiregion of Ukraine.