Approximately 1,000 fifth graders from 15 different private and public schools in Brazil participated in the 2009 study, learning Mind Lab lessons over 3 months, 1 hour per week. The 2010 study already included approximately 5,000 students.  

The 2009 results demonstrated a significant improvement in both math and Portuguese, but the 2010 results absolutely astonished Mrs. Regina Cansado, INADE’s President.  

Summaries of the 2009/10 studies are attached:

Jill Bradford, DP Wilderness School – Adelaide, Australia (see video here)

Howard MacPherson, Head of Midddle School – Scotch College, Adelaide, Australia (see video here)

Click here to read NZ School Endorsements

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Three of Mind Lab Group’s senior staff members: Mr. Ehud Shachar, Mr. Nadav Agozi and Mr. Tzvika Feldfogel have recently returned from a visit in Brazil and had the privilege of participating in these conferences.

The first conference, held on August 21st was a “closed meeting” conference for important decision and policy makers from various Brazilian states, municipalities and prestigious private and public schools.

During the conference, several important lectures were given by highly appreciated speakers and professionals in the field of curricular research, test-standardization, and correct management of public education budgets.

In another part of the conference, Mind Lab Brazil’s Marketing Director, Mr. Alvaro Luis Cruz interviewed Mind Lab’s own Marketing Director and President of the Mind Group Community, Mr. Feldfogel on Mind Lab’s activities worldwide.

The second conference, the “Mind Lab Symposium” was held the next day. Over 500 educators and managers took part in this grand, impressive event.

The main concept behind the symposium was the “need to change the way in which the future generation is educated”. Among the speakers in this conference were – Professor. Yves de La Taille, Professor Lino de Macedo, and Professor Mario Sergio Cortella – three of the most respected philosophers and writers in the area of education in Brazil.

The conference also included Mind Lab Workshops held by representatives from ten local schools which have successfully incorporated the Mind Lab curriculum.

Various other original ideas of our local Partners from Mind Lab Brazil added a beautiful local touch to the event. For instance, actors dressed as the Mind Lab Models (Thinking Tree model, Stoplight model, Ladder model, etc.) mingling among the participants were a delightful sight!

To watch a short video from this event follow this link:

http://www.mindlab-brasil.com.br/Eventos2009/destaques2009/DestaquesVideos.html.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Brazilian Staff on “job well done” – amazingly well done! – and thank them for their kind and warm hospitality.

Three-and-a-half years later, Mind Lab Brazil has a client base amounting to approximately 300 schools and 100,000 students. Furthermore, Mind Lab Brazil’s founders have been able to build a strong, committed management team. These are solid and healthy foundations for continued growth, which we hope will enable us to contribute to the education system and society as a whole – in Brazil, and worldwide.

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Ten teams representing nine different countries competed for the title of the international champions. At the end of an exciting, six-round tournament, it was the Israeli team which won the first place, the Turkish team which came in second, and the second team from Israel which took the third place.

The tournament this year showed the constant improvement of the teams worldwide, for this year’s competition was closer than ever!

We want to thank all the participating teams and expect to see them all at next year’s event along with new participants!

Visit the Mind Olympics website to learn more about this wonderful event!

www.mindlab-olympics.com.