Well, no, it’s not Saturday night yet…

But I am writing live from New York — from the 52nd annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society.

The meeting, which is being held at the Teachers College at Columbia University all week, features some 300 panel sessions. And let me tell you, these panels each sound so interesting it’s tough to pick just one to attend at a time!

There’s discussions on everything from curriculum design in Africa to higher education in China to the integration of immigrants in the United States and much, much, much, much more.

I arrived early this morning (although when I went to post a good-morning greeting to you all I had some problems logging in and obviously wasn’t able to post until just now…) and chose to attend a discussion about educational change in Liberia.

After years of fighting, the country’s educational system must be rebuilt. UNICEF is among those providing funding and working with Liberia’s Ministry of Education to make that happen. I have recorded video interviews on this topic and will post them as soon as they finish uploading.

On that note, please stay tuned to the blog today and over the next few days as I post video interviews on everything from early-childhood education in Saudi Arabia to the debate over teaching English in Korean schools to affirmative action policies in Brazil and much more. I hope you enjoy.