But if that realization is leading his team to shun "structural" reforms in favor of classroom-level changes only--merely reconstructing "the learning partnership between teacher and student" as their new materials put it--they're apt to end up disappointed once again.

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Organized by the Bioethics Programme at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in partnership with the Vilnius University, this Ethics Teacher Training Course offers a unique opportunity for participants from all over the world, but especially from Lithuania and other countries in the region, to engage in one-week long training designed to enhance their teaching capacities in ethics.

UNESCO: Ethics Teacher Training Course

Organized by the Bioethics Programme at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, with the facilitation of UNESCO Office in Windhoek and in partnership with the University of Namibia, this Ethics Teacher Training Course offers a unique opportunity for participants from all over the world, but especially from Namibia and other countries in the region, to engage in one-week long training designed to enhance their teaching capacities in ethics.

UNESCO: Ethics Teacher Training Course

We see them reinforced by the partnership with Joe Biden, his wife, Jill, a dedicated teacher, and their family.

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The partnership will also focus on these countries, with projects that increase the numbers of women in teacher training institutions, and encourage the recruitment of women to leadership positions in education.

UNESCO: EDUCATION