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Global Village School
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Global Village School is a progressive, K-12 distance learning program featuring a social justice and peace-focused curriculum with individualized teacher services.

Educating for a better world for 26 years: globalvillageschool.org
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🤨The trouble AI is making for traditional school systems should be a wake up call.

𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 -- 𝗜𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝘀
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📸: Chuan Ming Ong/Edutopia

#mastery
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Color illustration: At the left of the image, a robotic hand in cool blues over a dark background points a flashlight toward the right side of the image, casting its light on a Corinthian column topped with golden stars, while a bust of Shakespeare lies on the ground beside it. The lit up background within the light's beam resembles lined notebook paper. 📸: Chuan Ming Ong for Edutopia
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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You could fit ALL 56,000 people who own thrice the wealth as the planet's bottom 50% into Dodger Stadium. 🤯

📸: World Inequality Report, Canva
Color graphic: A chart titled "The distribution and growth of the global income, 1980–2025" shows income data, with the row showing the top 0.001% highlighted in green. A stick figure on the right of the image stands on a pile of Euro and is absolutely overjoyed. A stick figure on the right of the image uselessly shakes out an empty piggy bank. 📸: World Inequality Report, Canva Color photo: aerial view of Dodger Stadium. Text beneath reads:? Dodger Stadium Opened: April 10, 1962 Capacity: 56,000 📸: MLB
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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"[T]he chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year..."

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟬.𝟬𝟬𝟭% 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝟯𝘅 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱
https://bit.ly/4oYrEMg
📸: Made w/ MidJourney
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Color image: Three miniature figures (the kind you'd see waiting for a model train), each standing on a penny, look up wistfully at the fifth figure: a rich man in a trench coat and pinstripe suit on a much larger stack of pennies. 📸: Made w/ MidJourney
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Have you heard?! After 26 years at the helm, our Founder, Sally Carless, has passed the torch!

𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 | 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟
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📸: Gemini & Bitmoji

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum #progressive
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Color illustration: Two women, facing each other, are viewed in profile against a spiral galaxy background. Our Founder (in the cowboy hat on the right) passes a literal torch (with a rainbow emerging from the flame) to our new Executive Director (in the eyeglasses on the left). 📸: Gemini & Bitmoji
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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"[R]eading is declining big time, not just for parents reading to children, but for all segments of our society.”

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
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📸: the 74

#kidlit
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Bar charts showing reading frequency to children aged 0-4 at home, segmented by gender and age. Colors denote varying reading rates, from orange (for daily reading) to blue for (rarely/never reading). 📸: the 74
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"Sea urchins are remarkable creatures,"

𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰
https://bit.ly/3MtXQd2
📸: rigel

#environmentaljustice #socialjustice #peacestudies #globalcitizen
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Color photograph: A dark sea urchin with long, sharp spines is centered, floating in a blue-tinted underwater scene. Some large rocks are visible in the out-of-focus background. 📸: rigel
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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You know your child has truly become a lover of reading when books join the other must-haves they'll refuse to leave home without (water bottle, fidget spinner, etc).

#childhoodliteracy #booklovers #sounditout #fiction #kidlit
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December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"Watch us." Two simple words with incredible power. 💥

The next generation isn't waiting for permission to lead. They are stepping up, speaking out, and demanding better. It’s not just about the future; it’s about creating change right now.

#LittleMissFlint

📸: Mari Copeny (source photo)
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Color graphic: Smiling person in a colorful striped sweater (Mari Copeny), resting their chin on their hand, overlaid on an all-black background. Beside them, bold text reads: "My generation will fix this mess of a government. Watch us." 📸: Mari Copeny (source photo)
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Education isn't merely the transmission of facts; it’s the ignition of a spark. 🕯️

At Global Village School, we share Robert Frost's (attributed) vision: guiding students to find their own path and awakening them to the joy of a lifetime of learning and growth.

#edusky
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Black-and-white image: Crumpled white paper background featuring a hand-sketched face of a clean-shaven man on the left in profile. On the right, the text reads, "I am not a teacher, but an awakener." – Robert Frost. 📸: by GVS using MidJourney & Canva
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It's not just essays, either -- original stories are welcome too! Let's get writing, young wordsmiths! This year's prompt is "One True Thing."

#languagearts #freeexpression
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A person mid-jump against a blue sky, with white text reading "Narrative High School Writing Contest". Below that is "One True Thing" in bold red letters. 📸: Narrative Magazine
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Calling all writers! Narrative Magazine's HS Writing Contest is now taking submissions.

𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 | 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲
https://bit.ly/4rNMmBe
📸: Hannah Grace

#creativewriting
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A small white plaque with the phrase "Write without fear. Edit without mercy" sits on a glassy tabletop. A potted succulent in a floral pot is slightly out of focus in the foreground. Rippling green fabric fills the background. 📸: Hanna Grace
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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ON THIS DAY in 1976, the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons affirming that "that all persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons."

🙌

#humanrights
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A man in a blue shirt and khaki shorts sits in a wheelchair (his legs are amputated at the knee), getting his prosthetic right arm adjusted by a technician in a black t-shirt inside a brightly lit office suite. The prosthetic on the man's left arm is appears suitable attached. 📸: ThisIsEngineering
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🤯An amazing resource! Intended for cultural institutions like museums and libraries, this science-backed guide for engaging and activating youth is a must read:

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁
https://bit.ly/48r5HRd
📸: Made By Us

#accredited #secular #homeschool
Color graphic: "Youth 250 Toolkit" in bold white text surrounded by cartoony stars against a baby blue textured background. Below, a tagline reads, "Your organization's roadmap to reach, understand, and empower today’s youth." 📸: Made By Us
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Refining the art of personalized education since 1999.

Over the last quarter-century, families from all over the world have come to us certain of two things: they want what's best for their kids' education, and they're utterly terrified of making the wrong choice.

#accredited
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Color graphic: Alternate logo for Global Village School's "Whole Child, Healthy Planet Curriculum" series featuring the silhouettes of children running and frolicking in front of a snow-covered cabin with light in the windows and a wooden sign over the doorway reading "Est. 1999". Behind everything is a big blue globe surrounded by snowflakes with a band of text cutting across it that reads "Global Village School". 📸: GVS
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🙀What's it like being a teenager in 2025?

In a word: complicated. Here's a round-up of some recent stories that, taken together, paint a complex portrait of contemporary youth.
📸: Vitaly Gariev

#accredited #secular #homeschool
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Color photo: two cheerful teenage girls sit atop a made bed. One is playing a guitar while the other is holding a phone for the guitar player so she can see the lyrics/chord changes. 📸: Vitaly Gariev
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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🥹There are few joys in life like watching your kids level up. Little people are making discoveries on the regular, and one of the true gifts of non-traditional schooling is that you actually get to be there when they happen!

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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💪

📸: Gene Herrick
#sjw #socialjustice #racialjustice
Black-and-white photo: historic image shows a white police officer holding Rosa Parks' left hand as he takes her fingerprints as part of the booking process. A quote below the image reads, "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free...so other people would be also free," followed by Rosa Parks' signature. 📸: Gene Herrick
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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There is a pervasive myth that to get into a top university, your child needs to stay on the classic conveyor belt: same classes, same tests, same extracurriculars as everyone else. 😵‍💫
📸: Times of London

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
Color photos (a triptych): left shows a lively crowd holding torches; center depicts an undergrad seated on trimmed grass and looking over her shoulder at an historic cathedral; right features five students walking through an arched hallway. 📸: Times of London
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🙏Feeling thankful for these excellent educational resources today:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱
https://bit.ly/3M1rJBe
📸: Uncivil History

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
Color illustration: Cartoon of colonists in a boat approaching land at sunrise, with "Decolonizing Thanksgiving" text below. A figure stands in the distance on shore, observing. 📸: Uncivil History
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Cheers!
Color video: GVS Logo at top middle (a quill pen from which several birds take flight inside a hemisphere that ends at the pen tip) As a ukulele plays, a black typewriter-like serif against an all-white background writes: "“Our whole family has very much appreciated our time with Global Village School....” --Natalie, HI ...followed by: "“[W]e consider our relationship and the finding of the school nothing short of a miracle.” ...after which all the words disappear except for the letters n-o-t taken from the word "nothing", and the phrase "a miracle". As the music continues, the word "quite" appears after the word not, and the phrase "but pretty darn close" followed by a winking emoji is appended at the end, forming a new message: not quite a miracle, but pretty darn close 😉
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Why parents choose globalvillageschool.org:

#accredited #secular #studentled #childdirectedlearning #progressive #socialjustice #peacestudies #globalcitizen #homeschool #curriculum #k8curriculum #hscurriculum #woke #homeschooling #distancelearning #diplomaprogram
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Part of the impetus behind the founding of Global Village School in 1999 was to provide an alternative learning environment for LGBTQIA+ students experiencing school bullying.

#pride #thekidsarealright #accredited #secular #homeschool #socialjusticeeducation
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🤔Writing isn't about the final draft; it's about the thinking that gets us there. An English teacher of 28 years reflects on the adjustments they've made for honing the craft of writing in the age of AI:
📸: Aaron Burden

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum
Color photo: zoomed-in view of the tip of a black fountain pen writing on lined paper in cursive. 📸: Aaron Burden
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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At GVS, we work hand-in-hand with our parents to help kindle kids' natural curiosity, nurturing their budding self-confidence from day one. We let your learner's unique style guide their learning journey, cultivating a bespoke experience that encourages them to grow their own way.

#accredited
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Why choose GVS?

For those 'aha' moments!

#accredited #secular #homeschool #curriculum #k8curriculum #hscurriculum #progressive #woke #homeschooling #socialjustice #peacestudies #globalcitizen #distancelearning #diplomaprogram
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM