Flight plans never seem to go as you might like them to go. Such was the situation with our travel from Washington, DC to Johannesburg, South Africa by way of Atlanta, Georgia. Our planned flight from DC’s National airport to Atlanta, Georgia should have gone out without a problem. But Mother Nature was brewing up [...]
Concluding our orientation in Washington, DC, members of Congress and their staff joined us on Capitol Hill for a send-off reception to talk with us about our upcoming journey to South Africa and the importance of this type of teacher education today. I had the privilege of hearing from staff member Sarah Schelling (at right) [...]
Rounding out our orientation in Washington, DC was a great discussion on the post-Apartheid movement in South Africa and the successes it has created, yet the many challenges that it faces in a culture of classes. Some highlights include: Major challenges for equal access to quality education for all races and classes, with white and [...]
As the orientation continued in Washington, DC, we learned more about the economic conditions of South Africa and the impact of the FIFA World Cup on its economy. Some statistics and information about the country include: GEOGRAPHICAL 25th in the world in terms of overall area land mass, with about 1.2 million square km Nearly [...]
As the World Cup took the world by storm this summer, one can only imagine how our orientation began … with more discussion about the impact of the World Cup on South Africa and its economy. To dig deeper into this discussion, we read numerous articles on the issue and discussed some key points as [...]
Before heading to Johannesburg, South Africa on this study tour of teachers with the Council for Economic Education and the U.S. Department of Education, teachers who were selected for this tour met in Washington, DC for three days to get to know each other, learn more about life in South Africa, the education system within [...]
The first question nearly everyone asked when I told them I was going to South Africa was, “Are you going for the World Cup?” My response was no, but it was amazing how many students and adults were tuned in to the FIFA World Cup and its presence in South Africa this year. So after [...]
Mr. Rodman, economics teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, has been accepted as one of 24 teachers selected nationwide to accompany the Council for Economic Education and the U.S. Department of Education on a Study Tour to the Republic of South Africa! I can’t believe it! I am so happy [...]
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