ILead Project - JN Foundation

09/04/2015

We have moved! Gone to join the parent page...come learn more about the JN Foundation family!

15/02/2015

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01/02/2015

Amen!

29/01/2015

http://www.quizfactor.com/quiz/general-knowledge/5 Give it a try!

Try to beat my score on the free General Knowledge Quiz at Quiz Factor.

29/01/2015

FIVE rural schools considered to be in need of management support, according to the National Education Inspectorate, are participating in an exchange programme with some of the country's top-performing educational institutions. Dr Renee Rattray, ed ...

29/01/2015

SEBI Jamaica hosted Jamaica's first Social Enterprise Summit & Marketplace at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, which featured international and local experts in social enterprise. Social enterprises have emerged as the dynamic business model most able to provide sustainable solutions to some of Jamaica’s social, economic and environmental challenges.

20/01/2015

This is what children need...ALL children

"Who's influenced you the most in your life?"
"My principal, Ms. Lopez."
"How has she influenced you?"
"When we get in trouble, she doesn't suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter."

14/01/2015

05/01/2015

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/what-would-be-a-radically-different-vision-of-school/

Setting aside the two predominant narratives of education, there's a third vision taking shape that's yet to be defined. What would a reimagined education system value and teach?

04/01/2015

Principals of schools participating in the recently launched iLead educational leadership programme by the JN Foundation and the Ministry of Education are reporting early signs of improvements in their schools, as heads of departments and grade coordinators become more aware and conversant with thei…

20/12/2014

Teachers and Educators all! Great article to chew on...
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/how-deprogramming-kids-from-how-to-do-school-could-improve-learning/

Student know how to play school like it's a game, but if teachers change the rules, they just might appreciate it.

16/12/2014

THE Senate has approved a motion to address the negative stereotypes that limit the learning capabilities of children. Opening the debate on the motion, Senator Imani Duncan Pryce noted that presently the education outcomes are different for girls ...