iEARN-USA receives a 2012 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits.
“What a wonderful organization. The work iEARN does with teachers and students round the globe is life changing, and in these turbulent times, it is organizations like iEARN that can truly make a difference in our ever-smaller world.”
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iEARN recognized as a Best Website for Teaching and Learning 2011 by the American Association of School Librarians. The American Association of School Librarians is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) that promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. AASL’s mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field. The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Award honors websites, tools and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The recognized websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.
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Independence Charter School, an iEARN member school in Philadelphia, wins 2009 Goldman Sachs Foundation’s elementary school/middle school prize for Excellence in International Education.
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iEARN-USA Executive Director featured in Edutopia’s Daring Dozen 2008.
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Council of Foundations, 2007 Critical Impact Award: for Innovative and Bold Solutions to Enhance the Common Good Presented to The Copen Family Fund. The Council on Foundations writes, “The Copen Family Fund is recognized for its efforts to encourage world peace through its International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) project. Through iEARN, students and teachers in K-12 schools are connected through the Internet so they can collaborate on projects that make a meaningful difference in the health and welfare of people and the planet across national, religious, political and social borders.”
iEARN Educators Receive 3 of 8 21st Century Global Educators Awards: When Global SchoolNet announced its 2006 Online Shared Learning Champions, three of the eight Champions were iEARN participants: Sharon Peters (Montreal, Canada), Judy Huynh (Michigan, USA) and Jove Jankulovski (Bitola, Macedonia).