Growing up in Hong Kong was a wonderfully diverse experience. With Hong Kong being a trading port, my international school had native Hong Konger students like myself; children of businessmen who were in the city for just a few years or children of immigrants from...
In the wild, an ecosystem refers to the community of living and inert features of a natural environment. Plants, animals, rocks, rainfall, and more are all interdependent in the system and, crucially, all are affected when one element is altered. Flowers will grow in...
Across the country, high school and college students are reacting to the news of the college admissions scandal by calling it a “slap in the face.” Adam, a superstar Knovva alumnus who attended our recent Beijing Summit, rightly said it was “incredibly...
Could Lessons in Finanace Help Students Down the Road? In the US, today’s high school students are thrown into a milieu of financial uncertainty. Looking backwards, these students have been coming of age in the years that follow the US housing crisis. After that...
Fostering Global Citizenship Realizing the need for more global citizens is not the same as knowing how to guide students to become global citizens. There are classes on world history, current events, foreign languages, etc. Organizing and presenting the content to...
The Fragility of Infrastructure The US still suffers from the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. These natural disasters injured and killed people, damaged huge stretches of property, and disrupted millions of lives. Schools were forced to stop working as people...
