The Global Search for Education: Change Leader
“The way to improve the quality of teaching is through teamwork in the schools, and then surround it with better teacher pre-service, better attraction of the profession, and better professional development.” — Michael Fullan Michael Fullan has been working to identify the right drivers for whole system education reform. His paper, “Choosing the Wrong Drivers for Whole System Reform,” has...
The Global Search for Education: All That Is Me
“The education system that will optimize the prospects of success in the global world will be one that develops passion, releases creativity, and which has deeply challenged its young people.” — Anthony Seldon Developing the whole child has been the goal of many leading global educators. Those who are succeeding appear to have struck the balance among learning, assessment, and helping students understand who...
The Global Search for Education: Knowledge
“Schooling is a universal right. It is about the right of all young peopleto have access to ‘powerful knowledge’… ” — Michael Young Fueled by international test scores which indicate that the UK is lagging behind other nations in education, the British education debate has focused on a number of issues. These include the nature of standardized exams and the weakness of the academic core...
The Global Search for Education: More from Canada
“Good Teachers are critical. It is an absolutely vital factor.” — Dr. Ben Levin “The U.S. cannot improve its education system for all or even most children by keeping its present focus on charter schools, more testing, teacher evaluation and union bashing. None of those feature in the best-performing countries. There must be a focus on helping all schools improve, combining pressure with lots of...
The Global Search for Education: What Did You Learn Today?
“Children do not always learn what we teach. That is why the most important assessment does not happen at the end of the learning, it happens during the learning.” — Dylan Wiliam “It is right that teachers and schools are accountable to those with a stake in public education, and this requires assessments that are free from subjectivity. So we do need some form of standardized assessment. However, the...
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