“I will not give you empty promises. Change is a difficult thing, and full of inconvenience. One thing is for sure, I will fight for the freedom to learn in Indonesia.”- Nadiem Makarim, Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture, 2019.

Well, that was one of the Indone...

Education is the currency that applies at all times and in all places. This is the word that is most quickly used to describe the function and role of education. This sentence illustrates that education is the main capital that must be owned by every individual who liv...

There are three (3) questions that should be the basis for every person on this earth in addressing global climate change; must we change? Can we change? Will we change? These are the questions I got when I read the book "An Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power" written...

What is the sum of 18 and 13? How do you find it?

The second question is frequently addressed to the students. It seems to be easy, yet the process of finding the sum plays an important role. As Primary 1 students have been introduced to number bonds, counting back and...

Art is the expression of one’s creative skill and imagination that can be poured into various fields such as fine arts, literature, music, dance, and theater, which have visual and auditory values. According to Ki Hajar Dewantara (the father of national education) art...

At the end of 2019 the world was shocked by a new virus that was starting to infect almost all people in the city of Wuhan, in China. For the first time, China reported the existence of this new type of virus on December 31st, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

Seeing a child crying and screaming is a normal scenery that we can find when we go to some public places like department store and restaurants.  What should the grown-ups do?  How should we react or better yet, how do we respond?  Do the parents need to act like them...

Before even talking about this big idea: character education, let us define the words separately. The Cambridge Dictionary defines character as “the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others”.  Character, once develo...

For now, all schools in Indonesia and in many countries around the world are doing distance learning between teachers and students because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Technology-based online learning platforms in Indonesia have responded by committing to help students,...

During this unsettling period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, schools around the world are reaching out to children and parents by offering support and guidance through distance learning. Both teachers and students need to stay engaged with online distance learning. I...