Responding to PISA

Responding to PISA

On 3 December the OECD released the latest PISA results; their assessment of 15-year-old students in reading, science and mathematics across 79 countries. PISA is high profile in many countries, so system leaders often have to respond in some way; the pressure builds...
Connecting policy to the classroom

Connecting policy to the classroom

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...