Human rights, taken broadly, refer to everyday, as well as, extraordinary events in our lives. When we are concerned with fairness, diversity, safety, respect, responsibility, and caring in our teaching and learning, we are dealing with issues of human rights. "Rights" have become the fourth "R" in a growing number of K-12 classrooms and schools. What about yours?

Past Programs

Saturday, March 25, 2006, 9am-3pm
Human Rights Education as the Fourth "R":
Stories from Classrooms and Communities
Hosted by Breidablik Elementary School, 25142 Waghorn Road NW, Poulsbo, WA

Bridging Classrooms and Communities Dialogue on Human Rights, February 16, 2006, Global Source Education, Bainbridge Island, WA

Human Rights Education '101': A workshop for the 15th Annual Kitsap County Human Rights Conference, December 9, 2005, Poulsbo, WA

A special workshop on Human Rights Education commissioned for graduate education students at University of Washington, January 2005, Seattle, WA

In the Footsteps of Martin Luther King, Jr., A workshop on Human Rights Education commissioned for Seattle Central Community College Faculty. January 2001, Seattle, WA

Human Rights Education: A seminar commissioned for Globalization and Local Responses Summer Institute for Educators, presented by the Jackson School at the University of Washington, June 1999, Seattle, WA

A workshop on Human Rights Education commissioned for the Chief Sealth High School Faculty In-service Retreat, May 1999, Vashon Island, WA

Human Rights Education: A Pacific Rim Perspective: A one day teacher workshop presented with The Heritage Institute/Antioch University Seattle, University of Washington Human Rights & Research Network, Seattle Burma Roundtable, and the World Affairs Council, March 1999, Seattle, WA

The Fourth R in Our Local Schools:
Two workshops at the Kitsap County Council on Human Rights Annual Conference

Friday December 7, 2007 - 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Kitsap Conference Center, Bremerton

Global Source Education asked students, parents, and community members to evaluate the human rights temperature in your local schools.  

YOU shared your views with us; we asked you to focus your comments and stories on three areas:

- How well are human rights themes integrated into the curriculum of your school in social studies, literature and other academic subjects?

- How well does your school community promote personal respect and human rights between the students in your school? (We will provide an evaluation tool developed by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center.)

- How well does your school take advantage of world events, those teachable moments from currents news stories, to focus student attention on the complex human rights issues of today?

We believe that adding "the Fourth R" (human Rights) to the school curriculum can help students become good citizens.

In addition to three Global Source Education staff, this workship was co-facilitated by local K-12 educators and community members.