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PeaceRooms is a virtual platform that allows students connect with partner schools from different countries for a year-long collaboration. PeaceRooms also provides supplemental collaborative lesson plans based on a University for Peace-approved peace education methodology which is subsequently integrated into the regular curriculum.
The Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) is an international network [1] [2] which aims at encouraging both transnational co-operation and local initiatives in peace education. [3] The Campaign originated with the 1999 Hague Agenda (Appeal) for Peace [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was associated with the UN culture of peace initiatives, and specifically ...
Following is a list of virtual schools—coursework from an accredited private school or accredited not-for-profit or publicly funded institution, taught primarily through online methods. Schools are listed by country and by state or province.
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) [3] American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation (AAHEA) [16] [28] Based in Ocala, Florida, but uses the name and Washington, DC telephone number of another organization that was defunct in 2009. [16] American Association of Accredited Private Schools (AAPS) [16]
The United States Institute of Peace Act, passed in 1984, calls for the institute to "serve the people and the government through the widest possible range of education and training, basic and applied research opportunities, and peace information services on the means to promote international peace and the resolution of conflicts among the nations and peoples of the world without recourse to ...
In January 2012, UPEACE opened a centre in The Hague, Netherlands, which is housed at the Academy Building of the Peace Palace. It promotes the activities of the university in Europe and works on education and research in peace studies, cooperating with academic and policy-oriented institutions in The Hague region. [22]
Open education is a core value for these institutions; they are not just secondary offshoots from more traditional universities. The information shown for each school is deliberately limited. Each university listed here is linked to an existing article, where more information and verifiable references can be found.
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice was established as a partnership between the El Puente, a Latino youth development group, and the New York City Board of Education (now the New York City Department of Education) in 1993 with money provided by New Visions for Public Schools, a nonprofit sponsor of alternative schools. It was created to ...