Education Beyond Borders | TIE Newsletter 11 February 2026 | The International Educator (TIE Online)

11 February 2026

By Dr. Denise Brohm

Choosing to teach internationally offered not just a job, but a life of community, adventure, belonging, and personal transformation... more

Self-Written Comments and Grades: A Win-Win

By Matthew Raggett

Using self-written report comments and grades, I have been surprised how, again and again, the students write better reports than I would have… more

Developing Core AI Literacy: An Inquiry-Based Approach for the IB Context

By Cora Yang and Dalton Flanagan

How do we move from abstract principles into the classroom? We need frameworks to help us scaffold AI literacy… more

What Pans Out? Teaching Science to Multilingual Learners

By Somaira Bilal

Small modifications in teaching strategies can improve accessibility in science education while upholding high standards... more

Recruitment Doesn’t Wrap Up — It Ripples

By Stacy Stephens

International school recruitment continues to evolve, revealing market trends, candidate strategies, and school practices to navigate hiring successfully... more

A Guide to a First Date and Lasting Relationship With AI

By Derrick des Vignes

A playful guide to AI in education, building curiosity, trust, boundaries, and partnership without rushing into commitment or expectations... more

Supporting the Brain, Supporting Learning

By Sarah Ssengendo

The brain is the center of learning. How might schools become places where mental health and wellbeing are learned about, practiced, and supported... more

Redefining Lifelong Learning With Microcredentials

By Uma Shankar Singh

Microcredentials now offer flexible, targeted, affordable, stackable pathways enabling international educators’ lifelong skill development and leadership... more

Looking Beyond Accreditation To Include Assessment Reform

By Vickie Swann and James Mattiace

Accreditation has the power to be used specifically to drive change in assessment practices... more

THE WEEKLY EDUCATION PULSE

International Education News: Tokyo, Bangkok, Dubai, and Beyond

By Tony Atkinson and Sami Yosef

This episode covers six stories from across Asia and the Middle East that highlight how international education continues to evolve... more

PEARLS OF WISDOM

We Can Choose How We React

By Kasey Shiver

A visualization strategy can help distinguish between minor and meaningful annoyances, clarifying which issues to carry forward and which to let go… more

Global Book Recommendations: Recycling, Reading, Educating

By Margriet Ruurs

Recycling, reading, educating – all these things make the world a better place. Loop de Loop, Circular Solutions for a Waste-Free World, by Andrea Curtis with art by Roozeboos is a picture book guide to a better world through reducing, reusing and recycling… more

The Pedagogy of Music and Song

By Conrad Hughes

One of the most effective ways of communicating a message is through song and music. It breaks down barriers held by language, can evoke strong emotions and internal reflection, and also opens avenues for collaboration. For Arthur Schopenhauer, music is the highest art form because of the ineffable and pure form of its expression. Unlike plastic art, music has no materiality… more

How to Design for Failure?

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty

Curriculum designers often talk about “designing for success.” But if we are serious about deep learning, we also need to design for failure, not the crushing, high-stakes kind that shuts learners down, but the productive kind that builds understanding, skill, and confidence over time… more

What to Read in 2026!

By Daniel Kerr

So it’s that time of the year again when I get to order books for my birthday, which is my favorite gift ever because it keeps on giving for months and months and months. The deal is that I have to finish reading all of last year’s books before I get to order new ones, and I’m excited about ordering the list below in the next few days. I only have one book left from last year’s list with one weekend to go! I’ll make it… more

Staying Human in the Age of Infinite Minds

By Lianne Dominguez

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, used a phrase recently that stayed with me longer than I expected. He spoke about a future where our work is not simply to manage systems or organizations, but to learn how to manage infinite minds. Minds extended by AI. Minds with access, speed, and reach far beyond what we had at the same age… more