Independence Charter School, an iEARN member school, wins 2009 Goldman Sachs Foundation’s elementary school/middle school prize

At Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., English teacher Nichelle Calhoun engaged her students in both Compañeros de Clase Globales and Storytelling for Change during the 2023-24 school year. Nichelle emphasized how iEARN's programs gave her students opportunities...

Lauren Giunta, an ESL and Spanish Language Teacher at Williamsburg Prep in Brooklyn, created an entire elective class around iEARN's Compañeros de Clase Globales (CCG) program. While the exchange itself lasted nine weeks, Lauren designed a full-year "Virtual Foreign...

On June 4, 2025, the 2025 iEARN Virtual Project Exhibition brought together young changemakers from around the world in a vibrant celebration of student-driven collaboration and innovation. At this special annual event, 18 students and 12 educators from 9 countries...

Fadi Abughoush, an Arabic teacher at Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago, IL, has been actively engaging his students in global education through iEARN programs. His students have participated in Storytelling for Change and NSLI-Y’s Classroom Connection,...

iEARN-USA’s Compañeros de Clase Globales Welcomes Students from Oaxaca Through New Stevens Initiative Partnership iEARN-USA is proud to announce that Compañeros de Clase Globales, our dynamic virtual exchange program implemented with iEARN Mexico, will now include...

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...