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 Our Program
Reach the World (RTW) is a unique nonprofit organization with the mission of linking students and teachers to online, global journeys that have the power to expand learning beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Reach the World helps young students develop global competence by connecting volunteer travelers with classrooms via the Internet. Since 1998, RTW has been a leader in the effort to ensure that all students are prepared to participate, interact and thrive in today’s global community and economy. To date, RTW’s global competence programs have served more than 15,000 students and 600 teachers. The program is headquartered in New York City. The National Geographic Society Education Foundation recently named RTW a Model Program in Geography Education.
The website you’re looking at right now is the portal to RTW's online journeys. RTW's website is a teaching tool that will help you to enhance your curriculum, while also giving students a way to connect to a broader world at a time when intercultural understanding is more critical than ever. When learning is meaningful, students feel compelled to read, are excited to do research, and are motivated to work on projects. Reach the World’s online journeys are interactive, real-life learning experiences that engage students and connect them to a broader world.
The Reach the World website is a free resource, allowing anyone to follow our online journeys. In New York City, RTW offers a fee-based program to school and afterschool sites consisting of traveler:classroom matching, videoconferencing services, professional development and tech support. For sites outside of New York City, RTW also offers a fee-based program consisting of traveler:classroom matching and videoconferencing services. The RTW program is partially grant-funded for sites serving disadvantaged student populations.
Reach the World features multiple journeys on its website. All of our travelers are volunteers and write content for the website each week. Most of our travelers are Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars studying abroad in countries around the world. You can see a menu of the journeys on our home page. Please visit each journey’s home page to see the new content for the week. To use RTW’s online journeys, begin by following the weekly Logbook. This dispatch from the field has three sub-sections: Travel News, Nature News and Our News. Then, move on to the Field Notes. RTW’s travelers report on the seven themes that you will see in the left-hand navigation of the Field Notes section. You can use these articles to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the regions visited by the RTW travelers. Finally, visit the Journals section. Journals describe the travelers’ thoughts, emotions, and personal experiences as they travel around the world. Journals are a compelling tool for use in the Literacy curriculum due to the fact that they provide first-person, primary source reading material, and can be used as a model for journaling. All of our articles are accompanied by photos and videos, and are designed to support teachers in meeting the Common Core Standards for ELA, as well as the New York State Scope and Sequence for Science and Social Studies in K-8.
Thank you for your interest! For more information about how to become a Reach the World participating site, or to request materials, please click on one of the links below. You may also email Program Manager Tonia Lovejoy or call the Reach the World office at (212) 288-6987.
New York City Sites
Sites Outside of New York City
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