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Expanding Learning Frontiers

Education Needs To Be Different. Not Better.

Author: Brad Latzke

Travel Tales 

The Execution

Brad Latzke

Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia. January 27, 1995.

Friday morning prayers emanating from the mosque loudspeaker seemed to drone on forever. There were many extra worshippers this morning and they spilled out into the town square, bent in prostration towards Mecca.

My wife, Kathy, and I were perched in a second-floor restaurant overlooking the square, not to observe morning prayers, but to witness a public execution. The man sentenced to die in a few minutes would be one of 191 executions in 1995, still a morbid yearly record for Saudi Arabia.

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21st Century Learning 

3 Skills That Flip The Leadership Pyramid

Brad Latzke

Have you experienced some big setbacks in your leadership journey? Maybe you are focusing too much on the things you manage, not the people you serve.

In case you haven’t noticed, leadership has changed. A lot.

Gone are the days where the leader stands at the top of the organizational pyramid; speaking authoritatively, doling out wisdom, and is the keeper of all meaningful decision-making.

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Travel Tales 

The Interviews

Brad Latzke

West Battle Lake, Minnesota. August 1990.

During summer 1990, my wife, Kathy, and I were enjoying lake life in Minnesota and busy preparing for a second international teaching adventure. This time it would be Saudi Arabia. Having spent four years teaching in Colombia, we sloughed off questions from friends and family like, “Is it safe?” We had no idea our Andy Warhol moment and fifteen minutes of local fame was a “Breaking News” headline away.

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International Education 

How To Get The NEXT International Teaching Job

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Recently, I was asked by an international teacher to provide advice on how to get that next job. My first taste of international education was as a student teacher in Munich, West Germany in 1977. I was hooked. Along the way to a long career, I was told, ‘No thanks’ many more times than, ‘Yes, you’re hired!’ It happens to all of us. I’ve also written about the attributes that lead to success in international education.

Here are a few strategies on getting the NEXT international teaching position. My experience

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