A quality education should expand beyond the classroom and prepare students to meet new challenges the world has in store for them. Learning is no longer about the acquisition of facts. Instead, knowledge needs to be applied to real-world situations to understand the consequences outside of the school system […]
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Today we live in an interconnected, diverse, and rapidly changing world. Whether they be economical, digital, cultural, demographic, or environmental, emerging forces continue to reshape our lives like never before. However, these collective changes will be felt most by our youth as they will experience increased intercultural encounters that […]
We recently hosted a Webinar featuring Dr. Flavia Videl and Dr. Susan Tsao Esty who are the pedagogues facilitating the peer-to-peer sex education program called Yes+ (Yes Plus). The Yes+ program is a peer-designed peer-led program with adult support that covers a broad variety of topics related to sex […]
The Duke of Edinburgh award in the age of global education The recent passing of the Duke of Edinburgh has compelled us to reflect upon the life and achievements of a remarkable man, and for those of us within education, that includes his tremendous contribution to the education sector […]
The study of networks is an emerging area of enquiry within education research in the United Kingdom. Increasingly, educational researchers, practitioners and policy-makers are plugging in to the potential of both internet based professional networks, and offline professional networks, in pursuit of better teaching and learning outcomes, professional development […]
Five Lessons: Humbesa Hwedu Children’s Creative Arts Workshop The Student Council are representatives from WLSA associate schools. As part of their term, they deliver projects locally that promote WLSA values; Access, Success, Impact. Next up on the Student Council Series, we read about Tanatsei Gambura’s project which took […]
My name is Karen, I come from China. I am now an intern at WLSA. At the same time, I am a third-year student at Hanze University Groningen, the Netherlands. My major is International Business. During the three years, I have already learned theoretical knowledge in marketing, management, accounting, […]
An article written by the WLSA NL intern Yenny Mo. The internship is for students in The Netherlands for a 5-month duration. As an intern at WLSA for 5 months, I created contacts lists, designed marketing materials, translated texts, reorganized data, and went on a mini business trip […]
Andrew Leale, Director of Admissions at Tonbridge School, shares some of the culture and systems at Tonbridge School which help to smooth the transition to UK education for their many international pupils. Each year some 5,000 overseas pupils, from counties all over the world, join British […]
WLSA Global Educator Conference recognizes urgent need to address issues of 21st century students Leadership from the world’s foremost secondary schools will gather in Prague to address the global issue of student wellbeing, resilience and the cultural shift taking place on campus Education for the Human Condition […]
We were spoilt rotten on our trip to China. Not only were the people at WLSA Fudan enthusiastic towards us but also incredibly kind. I have been extremely fortunate to go on not one but TWO WLSA trips this year. I went to the conference in South Korea earlier […]
Growing up as a South African of Indian descent , I quickly adapted to the general way off my culture , with regards to traditions and religion . However at a very young age my parents decided to make a move from the quite life to the big city […]
To start off the article series, we would like for you all to get to know our 2018-2020 Student Council a little better aside from their personal bios on the WLSA website as they answer the question, “Why WLSA”. By Caitlin Chung, Vice President There is always […]
By Rhiannon Evans, Student from Marlborough College Between 28th October and 4th October 2018, eight students studying Chinese at Marlborough College stayed with various host families from Beijing No. 8 School. Both the homestays and the daytime activities were enjoyed by all involved and provided both parties with […]
The establishment of World Leading Schools Association Regional Consortium (WLSA China) was held at the Tsinghua University High School in Beijing. The meeting brought together Tony Little (the Honorary Chairman of WLSA Executive Board), Joseph Edelsack (Partner and Operations Manager, Duolingo), Dianju Wang (Chairman of WLSA China Board, Principal […]
Every year WLSA arranges Internships in China. Most often, we at WLSA hear how it went from the students; but today we want to share what Mr Chris Bryant from Cranbook School thought about the experience as an accompanying teacher. “I just want to follow up on our […]
World Leading Schools Association (WLSA), the international education non-profit connecting leading secondary schools around the world, announces its UK partnership with Oundle School and Millfield School, to host the annual College Admission Network (CAN) Conference. Deans of Admissions from prestigious US Universities will form the panel at this […]
Tony Little is a leading educator who served as Head Master of the prestigious Eton College in the UK for 13 years. Early into his career, Tony advocated for Chinese language and culture to be offered at his school, believing in the benefits of cross cultural education. During […]
Press Release World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) Now Accepting the Duolingo English Test China’s Leading Boarding School Network Offers Innovative New Language Exam Amsterdam – June 15, 2018 — The World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) announced a new partnership with Duolingo to bring the Duolingo English […]
I would say WLSA pretty much changed my entire education ‘route’. At the age of 14, I planned to study in the USA—a typical choice for many Chinese. However, I was accompanying my friend who intended to go to UK since her family was based in England; I went […]
The results of the second-round Early Decision have been released and we’re very happy to share that our hardworking WLSA Fudan Students have achieved their dreams! The good news this came during the Chinese New Year. After unparalleled achievement of the first-round Early Decision, WLSA-Fudan started the new year with […]
Chinese and English are two of the most commonly used languages in the world. Beyond this commonality they are quite different, especially when it comes to writing. Like other Western languages English uses an alphabet. Chinese on the other hand uses logograms, which are written characters that represent not […]
We recently had a chance to catch up with Roland, a WLSA Semester Abroad participant from Uganda who is a student at the African Leadership Academy (ALA) outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Roland travelled to Shanghai as part of his exchange. Roland had a big decision following his time at […]
Our Director of Operations & Partnerships Natalie Smith is visiting with member schools in the UK this week. She started the week visiting Winchester College, a school that’s been in its present location for over 600 years! It was founded in 1382 and had a curriculum based primarily on classics […]