If there's one experience that most young readers will find relatable, it's going to school. So if you're looking to educate kids about what life looks like for other people around the world, school is a decent place to start. This is especially true when that experience varies wildly from what we in the west consider "normal". Now, we should note that the schools featured in this book are not standard for the culture but are meeting a rather particular need. Even so, it's compelling reading. The chapters are easily read and use very accessible language.

What a beautiful book! Even as the mom who read this book to her kids, I learned from it and enjoyed it. Well done!

This book is great for students to be able to see the different types of schools across the world. I think that it is important for students to understand that our school doesn’t look other kids schools and this book does a good job at explaining that. I do think that it is a little long for lower elementary students to read or the teacher to use it as a read loud. I think upper elementary students could do a lot with this book!

This is a beautiful non-fiction book about attending school in different places in the world. The real photographs are intriguing and will definitely draw kids in. The pictures also aid in the understanding of the content of the book because it can be hard for children to relate to experiences so different from their own. I could definitely see this book in my grade 3 classroom library! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!

This book provides a fascinating look at what schooling is like around the world. Many photographs and focused descriptions show the challenges faced by students and communities in providing schools, the variety of answers that communities have found to provide education, the hopes that education provides for children around the world, and the need to celebrate the diverse nature of educational opportunities. Maps, photographs, and wide-ranging information make this a useful and informative book.

Off to Class was a fascinating book to read.. As an educator, it was eye opening to see what some children have to go through just to receive an education. So many people in the US take free public education for all students for granted. So many other children around the world have to go to great extremes to receive any education at all. I enjoyed reading some of the ingenious ways that people were trying to make education (a basic human right according to the United Nations) more accessible for more students. I also enjoyed the pictures showing various students in their unique schools.

This book is wonderful. To see what communities go through to make sure children get a chance at an education is inspiring. I was also surprised by the David Suzuki School, as II have never heard of it even though I leve in Canada.
The entire book is in eye opener and a reminder how lucky we are.

I teach Spanish to elementary students, and there is nothing kids like more than to see how kids in other countries live. They rejoice in seeing Dominican students in their uniforms, Honduran boys and girls playing fútbol, kids in Spain breakfasting on churros con chocolate and Argentine children enjoying turron candy at Christmas — which, to my students’ amazement, comes in summer in South America!

The revised Off to Class candidly discusses barriers to education but also how schools worldwide adapt to climate change, earthquakes and, of course, poverty. The book features a fully green school in Canada blessed by David Suzuki, discrimination-free schools in Nepal, accessible schools in Scotland, Cambodian expatriates funding free schools, and lots of examples of education for girls everywhere and for kids in rural areas, refugee camps or poverty. This gem emphasizes how far educators will go to provide schooling for all, a real inspiration.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Owlkids Books in exchange for an honest review.

Off to Class provides insight into how children all over the world learn, often overcoming incredible obstacles. This would be a great book for older children, as it's pretty dense with information. The book features lots of photographs of children and their unique schools. This is great to help children realize the world is bigger than just them.

I’m not sure what the first one was, but I do love this one. It is rare to find books that tell students what school is like for other children around the world. I love that this book explores other countries and dig deep into the school’s culture. Must read and have for classrooms.