The Global Search for Education: How to Improve – From Finland
“I want everyone in a school to experience a sense of joy, and to learn.”– Mikko Salonen All schools in Finland are primarily public schools, with cities and municipalities as the proprietors. The reasons for a proprietor to seek school improvement, according to Mikko Salonen, “can include factors such as poor learning outcomes, poor feedback from parents, decreased attractiveness, leadership problems,...
The Global Search for Education: What’s the News from Pakistan?
“A major factor of our success has been improved management at every level. We had good, focused attention from the chief minister and a really good team of officials in Lahore.” — Sir Michael Barber I had the pleasure of talking to Sir Michael Barber (Chief Education Advisor, Pearson) who is a leading authority on education systems and education reform. Barber’s recently published report, The Good News from...
The Global Search for Education: By Schools for Schools – From the UK
“By Schools for Schools starts from a different set of assumptions. In essence, it builds on the idea that within schools and the communities they serve, there are untapped resources that can be mobilized in order to transform schools from places that do well for many children to ones that can reach out to all.” — Mel Ainscow The Greater Manchester Challenge was a three-year initiative to improve the performance of...
The Global Search for Education: From Argentina
“The direct contact with actual physical phenomena was the key to developing science topics in more depth.” — Silvina Gvirtz How did the Principals of School No. 20 of Campana (Buenos Aires) significantly improve student engagement with Science in their classrooms? School No. 5 of Ensenada (Buenos Aires) had a student absentee rate of over 20%. So how did the Principal Patricia Velez solve the problem? Twenty...
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