Students Speak: The Value of ‘Far’
Written by Teryn Hytten, 17, a junior in Hinesburg, Vermont, for the World Is A Classroom essay contest. How far do you want to be from the program house? Five minutes? Ten? We were gearing up to start our nine-day homestays in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, and I was...
Learning and Life with the Navajo Nation
If you were asked to name three facts about the Navajo Nation, would you have solid answers? If you don’t know what you would say, or have little knowledge of the Navajo people, you’re certainly not alone. The American education system doesn’t do a great job of...
The Glass Cactus
When I was 11, my family took a trip to the western United States for the first time. I was completely uninterested in the breathtaking beauty of my surroundings and was more focused on getting to as many gift shops and American Girl Doll stores as possible. I...
Students Speak: Lifting Each Other Up
The van door closed behind me as my foot touched down onto a gravel road. As our group moved packs of chips and energy drinks from the trunk to a couple of small, time-worn red wagons, I started to pay attention to the streets surrounding me. Newspapers and plastic...
Show and Tell – A Story of Gleeful Excitement and Crushing Disappointment
I have been absolutely captivated by the global community from the time I was very young- watching destination reviews on YouTube instead of slime videos, reading books about random geographic regions rather than wizards and castles, and always striving to see more of...
Making Travel Happen, Together
As principal of Island City Academy, Aaron Warren helps lead the charge for student travel. The small K-8 charter school in Eaton Rapids, Michigan is part of a tight-knit community, where families show up and show out consistently for travel and education, in...
