One World Education is a nonprofit groupbased in Washington.It has a program in which teachersdevelop curriculum based on student writing.The students are in middle and high schooland write essays about culture and global issues.Students are invited to writeabout an issue they find important.Then professionally developed learning materialsbased on chosen essays are used in schoolsto teach other students.Eric Goldstein is the executive directorof One World Education.ERIC GOLDSTEIN: "Over the last four years,we have worked with over fifteen hundred student writersand we have worked with almost three hundredtwenty-five teachers accessing the One World curriculum."He says the essays can serve as a writingand learning guide for thousands of students.ERIC GOLDSTEIN: "It is truly the onlyonline academic arena for young people to shareand publish their writings in a way it serves as a teaching tool for other students."Mr. Goldstein is himself a former classroom teacher.He and another teacher, Emily Chiariello,began forming plans for One World Educationin two thousand six.The group publishes a study unit each monthfrom August through May.Each unit of curriculum starts with a essay,called a "One World Reflection."The subjects have ranged from single parenthoodto protecting rainforests to exploring Arab cultures,says Mr. Goldstein.ERIC GOLDSTEIN: "We have had students writingOne World Reflections on women in the Muslim world,on Islamic media, on Arab media, on Arab identity.One student about being Muslimand how she is perceived in her neighborhood."Laila Kunaish of Washington wrote about her feelingthat the media in the United Statesare often unfair to Muslims.A learning activity based on her reflectioncalled for students to collect examples of media storiesand discuss whether or not that was true.Laila was chosen as a One World Student Ambassador last year.Twelve are chosen each year.Their reflections are published on the group's website,along with learning activities linked to common readingand writing standards used for testing.Isabel Nampakwa Kapotwe of Lusaka, Zambia,was also chosen as a student ambassador.She wrote about Zambia's cultural traditions, its languages,religions and tourist attractions.But she also wrote about poverty and disease, and how,after her parents died, her grandmother made a homefor the remaining family.One activity based on her reflection called for researchinto the care given by grandparentsas heads of households in today's society.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report,written by Jerilyn Watson.Go to 51voa.com to find a linkto the One World Education website,where you can read some of the student reflections.