Author: Mike

From Texas to the West Bank, there are still too many foreboding,

sometimes deadly, barriers around the world today.

Where in the world are the recycled remnants of the BERLIN WALL?

V01/a/ Angers, FRANCE

V01/a/ Canberra, AUSTRALIA (German Club)

V01/a/ Dallas TX, USA

V01/a/ Flagstaff AZ, USA

V01/a/ Grand Rapids MI, USA

V01/a/ Paris, FRANCE (Porte de Versailles)

V01/a/ San Jose CA, USA (Foreign Ministry)

V01/a/ Santa Barbara CA, USA (Reagan Ranch Center)

V01/a/ Stransbourg, FRANCE

V01/a/ Vatican City, Rome, ITALY (Vatican Gardens)

V02/i/ Chicago IL, USA (Western Ave. CTA Station)

V02/i/ Gillingham, ENGLAND (Royal Engineers Museum)

V02/I/ Kingston, JAMAICA (Jamaica Military Museum and Library, Up Park Camp)

V02/i/ Richmond, London ENGLAND (German School)

V02/i/ SINGAPORE

V03/o/ Ottowa, CANADA (Canadian War Museum)

V03/o/ Cosford, ENGLAND (Royal Air Force Museum)

V03/o/ Los Angeles CA, USA (10 segments…)

V03/o/ Los Angeles CA, USA (Loyola Marymount University)

V03/o/ Monterey CA, USA

V03/o/ Montreal, Quebec, CANADA (Centre de Commerce Mondial)

V03/o/ Moscow, RUSSIA

V04/u/ Brussels, BELGIUM (European Parliament)

V04/u/ Culver City CA, USA (The Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War)

V04/u/ Duxford, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND (Imperial War Museum)

V04/u/ Hutchinson KS, USA (Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center)

V04/a/ Madrid, SPAIN (Parque de Berlin)

V04/o/ London, ENGLAND (Imperial War Museum)

V05/e/ Ghent, BELGIUM

V05/e/ Kennesaw GA, USA (Social Science Building, Georgia State University)

V05/e/ Mexico City, MEXICO (Alexander Von Humboldt German School)

V05/e/ Schengen, LUXEMBOURG

V05/e/ Teltow (Berlin)

V06/a_e/ Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (Cathedral)

V06/ae/ Caen, FRANCE (Memorial pour la Paix)

V07/i/ Kiev, UKRAINE (German embassy building)

V07/ei/ Ein Hod, ISRAEL (Dada Museum)

V07/ei/ Reindahlen, GERMANY

V07/ei/ Weimar, GERMANY (Weimar Atrium shopping center)

V07/ai/ Haifa, ISRAEL

V08/o/ Orange CA, USA (Chapman University)

V08/o/ Orlando FL, USA

V08/o/ Porte de Versailles, FRANCE (metro station)

V08/o/ Sofia, BULGARIA

V08/o/ Yokohama, JAPAN

V08/o/ Yorba Linda CA, USA (Richard Nixon Presidential Library)

V08/o/ Xochimilco, Mexico City, MEXICO (Colegio Aleman Alexander von Humboldt)

V08/eou/ Seoul, SOUTH KOREA (Berlin Square)

V08/a/ Warminster PA, USA

V09/u/ Budapest, HUNGARY

V09/u/ Buenos Aires, ARGENTINE REPUBLIC (Foreign Ministry)

V09/u/ Guatemala City, GUATEMALA (Plaza Berlin)

V09/u/ Stuttgart, GERMANY

C39+V09/eu/ Eureka IL, USA

V09/ew/ New York NY, USA

V10/e/ Depok, West Java Province, INDONESIA (Teguh Ostenrik’s workshop)

V10/i/ Riga, LATVIA (Kronvalda Park, former Communist Party Central Committee building)

V10/i/ Simi Valley CA, USA (Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum)

V10/i/ Tirana, ALBANIA (Blloku district)

V11/a/ Dhaka, BANGLADESH

V11/a/ Fatima, PORTUGAL (Sanctuary of Our Lady)

V11/a/ Gdansk, POLAND (Solidarity Museum)

V11/a/ Las Vegas NV, USA (men’s bathroom of Main Street Station Hotel and Casino)

V11/a/ Taipei, TAIWAN (Taiwan Foundation for Democracy)

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V14 – ???

V15/our/ Courbevoie, FRANCE (La Defense business district)

V15/er/ Berlin, GERMANY (John F. Kennedy High School)

V15/er/ Berlin, GERMANY (Potsdamer Platz Square)

V15/er/ Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, ENGLAND

A-Z Listing of remains of Berlin Wall

More segments for sale at storage yard in Teltow, south of Berlin

Education and Skills 2.0:  New Targets and Innovative Approaches

Committed to improving the state of the world…

After all, education is both a compelling indicator and powerful instrument of human progress, which is why it occupies such a prominent place in the UN 2015 Millennium Development Goals and all countries’ development plans.

[WA says, “Shift the paradigm so ABCs don’t get top billing!!”]

Contents and Favorite Quotes

V01/a/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

V01/a/ “An alarming number lack basic reading and writing skills.”

V01/a/ “value-added”

V02/-/ “57 million out-of-school children of primary age (globally)”

V02/-/ “69 million young adolescents out of school”

V02/i/ “impart the skills and capacities people need to be productive members of the workforce and their communities”

V02/i/ “inclusive, responsive and of quality”

V02/i/ “inculcate the desire and ability to learn throughout life”

V02/i/ “innovative, plausible, scalable, compelling, high-impact”

V02/i/ INTRODUCTION

V02/i/ Investing in Girls (and Women) to Spur Economic Development

V02/i/ “digital age and much more interactivity”

V02/i/ William Butler Yates – Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire!

V02/i_e/ “give people access to broad swath of knowledge and ideas”

V03/o/ Online Education:  From Novelty to Necessity

V03/o/ “constant reskilling, upskilling of adults”

V03/o/ “Jobs are not being filled because jobseekers lack the requisite skills.”

V03/o/ “stronger links”

V04/u/ MUCH NEEDED AND STILL USEFUL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

V04/a/ “achieving universal primary education”

V04/a/ Amina J. Mohammed, UN Special Advisor

V04/a/ STATISTICAL APPENDIX

V04/ou/ “Countries need to learn quickly what works and how they can benefit from the best of modern ideas, methods and technology.”

V05/e/ “Education is central to most global issues – from economic growth and social welfare to global information technology and entrepreneurship”

V05/e/ “Education is a fundamental human right.”

V05/e/ “educated individuals – and especially those who pursue lifelong education – can adapt more quickly and are better equipped to take advantage of new opportunities”

V05/e/ “education-skills nexus”

V05/e/ Education System Reform in Pakistan:  Why, When, and How?

V05/e/ “eliminating gender gaps at all levels of education”

V05/e/ “enhance critical and creative thinking”

V05/e/ “enrolment” (vs. enrollment?)

V05/e/ Better Late Than Never

V05/e/ “generate and promote the assimilation of new knowledge to spur economic, social and political, advancement”

V05/e/ Getting Past the Basics:  Pursuing Secondary Education

V05/e/ Membership of Global Agenda Council on Education and Skills: 2012-13/2013-14

V05/e/ “neglected demographic groups such as preschool children”

V05/e/ NEVER TOO EARLY TO START

V05/e/ PREFACE

V05/e/ “relevant learning”

V05/e/ “well-articulated”

V05/ea/ MEASURING AND MANAGING OUR ASSETS

V06/a/ “basic knowledge, skills and competencies”

V06/a/ Scaling Up to Meet the Enormous Education Challenges in Africa

V06/ay/ Pay It Forward

V07/-/ “500 million of today’s school-age girls will leave education before they finish their schooling”

V07/i/ BIOGRAPHIES OF CO-EDITORS AND AUTHORS

V07/eye/ “E.Y.E.” to the Future:  Enhancing Youth Employment, An

V08/o_e/ FOREWORDS

V08/o/ Older and Wiser:  Tapping the Full Potential of the Mature Workforce

V08/o/ “profound structural transformation will be required at all levels and domains”

V08/o/ “promote acceptance and tolerance of difference and diversity”

V08/o/ “promote social equity and cohesion and the legitimacy that comes from equal opportunity”

V08/o/ “promote the study and development of culture and values, including arts and the humanities”

V09/oo/ “smooth transition from school to the world of work”

V09/ew/ “new development agenda”

V09/ew/ “new order of education”

V09/ue/ “true collaboration”

C39+V09/u/ UN MDG = United Nations Millennium Development Goals

C39+V09/u/ “unique opportunity for a paradigm shift in international development – one that can address the eradication of poverty within the context of sustainable development, enabled by the integration of economic growth, social justice and environmental stewardship”

C39+V09/u/ Human Capital Index, The

C39+V09/u/ “humility when weighing in on issues that have been problematic for a very long time”

V10/e/ ECD = Early Childhood Development = one of the most cost-effective investments in human capital creation

V10/e/ “Between 10% and 20% of graduate students in developing countries are employable by international standards.” 80-90% unemployable…

V10/e/ “beyond dispute”

V10/e/ “develop media literacy and the capacity to effectively evaluate large amounts of often-conflicting information – a reflection of evolving needs in the 21st century”

V10/e/ Reinvigorating Japan’s Economy With More Women and Older Workers

V10/ie/ “field of education is full of seemingly good ideas that have come to naught, in part because of various harsh, unforgiving and unanticipated realities (including entrenched interests and conflicting agendas)”

V11/a/ CALLING ALL MINDS

V11/a/ “quality basic education, including during the most formative years of life, is a prerequisite”

V11/a/ Martina Gmur, Senior Director

V11/au/ Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman

V12/u/ “full potential”

V13/ow/ “how to think”

(V14)

V15/ir/ “first and second 1,000 days of life”

V15/ur/ “urgent action to improve access to and quality of learning”

V15/ur/ “pursue multiple jobs over longer working lives”

V15/ur/ “surplus of up to 95 million low-skilled workers”

V15/er/ “tertiary education” (Wikipedia:  post-secondary; universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers)

V15/ear/ Early Bird Catches the Worm, The

V15/ear/ LEARNING ANYTHING, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

V15/ear/ “Learning can, and needs to, occur outside formal school systems, which may be done through lifelong education, vocational programmes, on-the-job training and online education.”