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Global Education Is More Than Travel | Bryan & Glen

4 Sept 2026 · 2 min

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In this conversation, Glen and Bryan Wisotsky discuss how schools can deliver meaningful global education without relying on student travel. They argue that a robust on‑campus program, built over a ten‑month preparation period, is essential and can be complemented by short‑term experiences. Drawing on lessons from the COVID‑19 pandemic, they outline several alternatives: virtual field trips and in‑depth online conversations with experts; hands‑on culinary classes that explore culture through food; and sister‑school partnerships that enable collaborative curricular work with schools in places like Helsinki and Brazil. While acknowledging the unique benefits of travel, they emphasize that travel is not the sole pathway to becoming an active global citizen and that schools can create rich, globally‑focused learning experiences within their own campuses and communities.

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So, you know, so when I work with schools, it's looking at their, their program on campus as well, because a lot of that will shape what eventually happens away. The preparation happens those 10 months on campus, and then that those 2 weeks away, or whatever the timeframe may be. So it's, it's understanding that it's not just getting on a plane and stamping a passport to to make you a good, an active global citizen or to have a quality global studies program.
So what are some global studies that the students can do without leaving their school or without leaving their city at least?
Yeah, yeah. So, you know, we saw a lot of this, or I saw a lot of this during COVID for example, when we couldn't travel for up to 2 years. We, but we didn't want to, schools didn't want to just put that on the back burner for 2 years because again, there was a lot of stuff they could do. Sure. So a lot, a lot of virtual, uh, you know, there's so much you can visit so many places virtually now and have those in-depth conversations about these sites that you— that are great to see in person, but you can do that virtually. Um, culinary classes, for example, you know, students love to, to do hands-on stuff. And you can do all of that virtually. You can do it in a classroom. You can do it in a, you know, a special place that you have on your campus and have those conversations about culture through a culinary experience. And you don't need to leave campus to do that. There's lots of ways where we can do sister school partnerships. And I facilitated those as well, where a school in Helsinki or a school in Brazil, for example, wants to do an exchange, but they may not have the time. They not have— the kids may not have the funds to get on a plane and do that, but they can do some really interesting curricular work together. So again, lots of different things that can happen. Traveling is wonderful. It's great. Students really learn a lot from it, but it doesn't mean that's the only way to learn about the world.