A Journey of Many Firsts (#globalclassroom Chats – April 13/14)

On September 28, Moldova saw an unprecedented convergence of 250 educators at the Ion Creangă State University in Chișinău for the iEARN-Moldova Global Education Conference. Organized by the iEARN-Moldova network in collaboration with the General Directorate for...

Mrs. Hafsa Hadj Boulenouar Algerian Ministry of National Education My name is Hafsa Hadj Boulenouar, a secondary school English language teacher from Algeria, and this is my story of participating in the iEARN Storytelling for Social Change program. I first came...

An Uplifting Exchange Year was a story from a Bangladeshi student, Wassy Tahsan (YES 2023-2024), who was placed in Minnetrista, Minnesota during his exchange year. It was literally an uplifting year for Wassy considering he learned about being a pilot, among other...

Global Village on the Move Grant: She Shapes Tomorrow was a story from Surinamese YES Alum, Julencia Slamet (YES 2016-2017). In 2023, she participated in the Global Villages on the Move program in Istanbul which inspired her to apply for a grant from YES for her own...

Discovering Myself through Theater was a story about Arfa Haq (YES 2023-2024) from Pakistan who was placed in Mound City, KS during her exchange year. During her exchange year, she participated in her school's play as a first time actor! Click here to read her very...

Are you interested in globalizing your classroom, school or district, but not sure where or how to start? Join iEARN-USA for a live webinar on Thursday, June 20th from 1pm-2pm EDT/12pm-1pm CDT to learn about our global education programming and how iEARN-USA can work...

Meet the Country Coordinators and program manager for our program that is supported by the Stevens Initiative and the U.S. State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.

iEARN-USA has a new partnering country for Compañeros de Clase Globales, meet the new Country Coordinator and Program Facilitator!

iEARN-USA has recently added three fantastic individuals to its staff as it continues to grow and support study abroad and virtual project educational opportunities in the United States. We are excited to have added Shannon Pedersen as Program Manager and Kate Tankel and Program Coordinator supporting the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program administration in partnership with the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). We have hired Lindsay Myers as Program Coordinator to support the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) also in partnership with the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.