by Manager Learning First | Sep 25, 2019 | Curriculum, Teaching and professional learning
A recent blog highlighted that teacher professional development continually fails to improve teaching and learning in many systems across many countries. But with professional development policy there is a great paradox: on the one hand, professional development...
by Manager Learning First | May 3, 2019 | Curriculum
https://www.afr.com/news/policy/health/what-do-schools-teach-it-s-surprising-how-little-we-know-20190410-p51cwh It’s election time again, yet while every election matters, it’s hard not to feel that no matter who wins, the big questions facing Australia will not be...
by Manager Learning First | Apr 1, 2019 | School Improvement
My previous two posts in this blog talked about a process for system reform — tangible steps system leaders can take to improve teaching and learning at scale (for a recap, read here). I will get into more detail in my next blog posts, but here I want to...
by Manager Learning First | Nov 22, 2018 | School Improvement
Last week the first post in my new blog, Connecting policy to the classroom, identified two foundational policies for system improvement: Quality curriculum that shows what students need to learn in school An improvement cycle that shows the steps educators need to...
by Manager Learning First | Nov 16, 2018 | School Improvement
I have been lucky over the years to work with people across the globe who are giving everything they have to lift their school systems. Some succeed, some fail. To be honest, most succeed a bit and fail a bit, but they all keep striving to change the lives of kids...
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