The 54 columns in this book were published in Opettaja magazine during the years 2004–2016. In addition to the senior specialist position at the World Bank, that period includes similar job at the European Education Foundation in Turin, directorship of the Center for International Mobility and Cooperation (CIMO) at the Ministry of Education and Culture in Helsinki, and a visiting professorship at Harvard University in the United States. In 2003 Opettaja magazine in Finland invited me to the role of education correspondent to comment on the growing interest in Finnish schools from around the world and at the same time to tell the magazine’s readers what is happening in the field of education elsewhere. The columns and the comments chosen…
I had a great honour to give the Mohamed bin Zayed Majlis Lecture on Thursday 21st September in Abu Dhabi. Majlis Lecture is a distinguished intellectual forum, grounded in the belief that through understanding other points of view, a deeper appreciation…
I attended the Nobel Prize Dialogue in Seoul on 24 September alongside several Nobel Prize laureates and significant South Korean academics. It was titled “Future Learning: Exploring Science and Technology”. This event started with…
Can we reimagine school beyond the limiting notion that the primary task of schools is limited to narrow academic achievement? What would a school look like that emphasises whole-child development instead? How could health become an essential 21st…
Jason Clare, Minister of Education in Australia’s Federal Government, appointed an expert panel on 29th March to advise Education Ministers on the key targets and specific reforms that should be tied to funding in the next National School Reform…
