The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Fadel
Oct18

The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Fadel

“We need to re-examine college entrance requirements (and their tests).  They hold change hostage to antiquated and incomplete requirements.  Massive adaptation must be demanded by parents and educators alike.”  —  Charles Fadel What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and Barack Obama’s other education initiatives? Indeed, what’s been accomplished in education reform around the country since 2012? Does...

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The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Hargreaves
Jul24

The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Hargreaves

“What the US now needs is a learning Secretary who promotes challenging and joyful learning for all students, uplifting and impactful learning for education professionals, and relentless learning among state systems from one another and from other systems across the world to become more innovative and effective.” — Andy Hargreaves What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and Barack Obama’s other education...

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The Global Search For Education: Helping the World’s Teachers
Jun26

The Global Search For Education: Helping the World’s Teachers

What does TALIS teach us? Last Thursday, I attended a dazzling gala to watch special education teacher Matthew Cunningham accept the inaugural GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award. And yesterday, I listened as Andreas Schleicher presented the key findings from the 2013 OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). In the context of Education Fast Forward (EFF) Debate 10, “Better Teaching for Better Learning: Results...

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The Global Search for Education: Forward Thinking
Nov09

The Global Search for Education: Forward Thinking

 “Albertans felt students needed to be three things: engaged thinkers, ethical citizens, and they needed to have an entrepreneurial spirit.” — Jeff Johnson  Education, Innovation, Infrastructure — whichever way you line up the words, they all lead back to education.  Because once a nation has goals for where it wants to be in 5 or 10 or 20 years, that nation is going to need to have a competent,...

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The Global Search for Education: An International Education
Jan24

The Global Search for Education: An International Education

 “Every child around the world should have the opportunity to have a high quality global education.” – Jeffrey Beard  The International Baccalaureate (the IB) continues to play an important role in changing the lives of students worldwide.  Apart from PISA, it is the only test that measures the performance of students against their global peers. Dr. Tony Wagner, Innovation Education fellow at Harvard University...

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