Around the World in 30 Days – February 2015
Feb27

Around the World in 30 Days – February 2015

C. M. Rubin’s global education report In February, I continued my conversations on global education with Lord Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Australia’s Geoff Masters (CEO of Australian Council for Educational Research) and Susan Mann (CEO of Education Services Australia). I learned further about how technology is entering the classroom and how this is helping to broaden cross-cultural perspectives in education. Some of my...

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The Global Search for Education: The Tech Report – From Australia
Feb15

The Global Search for Education: The Tech Report – From Australia

  “The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students’ skills, and assisting them to determine the necessary next steps to enable them to achieve their own learning goals. We are seeing more effective differentiation in classrooms as a result.” — Susan Mann  I am delighted to welcome back today to The Global Search for Education, Susan Mann,...

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The Global Search for Education: How to Improve – From Australia
Feb08

The Global Search for Education: How to Improve – From Australia

“Highly effective schools in Australia are not different from highly effective schools anywhere. They have a strong focus on continual improvement, often with explicit school-wide goals for improving current school practices and levels of student achievement.” — Geoff Masters In his paper, “Is School Reform Working?”, Professor Geoff Masters (Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Australian...

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