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CTAUN provides educators worldwide with opportunities to learn about the work of the United Nations and to incorporate this global awareness into curricula and school activities at all levels.
- We organize conferences to bring educators together with international experts at the United Nations and around the country.
- We facilitate curriculum development on international issues.
- Through Excellence in Education Awards, we recognize teachers’ hard work, dedication, creativity and resourcefulness.
- We believe with Nelson Mandela that “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
SAVE THE DATE:
Friday, April 6, 2018
2018 CTAUN Conference at UN Headquarters in New York
STEPPING UP TO PROTECT THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
A record number of participants attended the 18th Annual CTAUN Conference at the UN: “REFUGEES: THE 21st CENTURY CHALLENGE” to look at the refugee crisis and at different efforts on the global and local level to bring about solutions. The conference concluded with an Outcome Statement adopted by acclamation. It can be found in the Conference Report
Among the students attending the Conference were eighth-graders from the Brown School in Schenectady, NY – see article in The Daily Gazette;
We also welcomed students from Somerset County Vocational Technical School – their impressions of the conference can be found in the Conference Report
Congratulations to the winners of the
CTAUN EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD, CTAUN POSTER CONTEST
and to Professor FERNANDO REIMERS, Harvard Graduate School of Education
our first recipient of the CTAUN GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AWARD IN MEMORY OF BARBARA WALKER
Read the Huffington Post Article by Prof. Reimers following the Conference, and the PassBlue article by Irwin Arieff
Check out TEACHER RESOURCES on Refugees
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