Anthony Mackay interviews the leading thinkers in education from around the world on a range of topics including artificial intelligence in education, advances in the science of learning, system leadership, leapfrogging inequality in education and the future of the teaching profession.
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James Spillane is Professor in Learning and Organizational Change at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. His work explores the education policy formulation and implementation process at the state, district, school, and classroom levels, focusing on intergovernmental and policy-practice relations. During the interview, Spillane proposes a multilevel framing of educational leadership, arguing for more expansive notions about leadership in the educational sector that reach beyond person and place to embrace a system-wide outlook.
Recognized as an international authority on educational reform and co-director of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative, Michael Fullan discusses the intersection of system leadership, deep learning and equity. During the interview, Fullan, the former dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and professor emeritus of the University of Toronto, shares insights from his recent book, The Devil Is in the Details: System Solutions for Equity, Excellence, and Student Well-being, and highlights opportunities for deeper learning presented by the coronavirus pandemic.
Andreas Schleicher, director of Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and member of CIEB’s International Advisory Board, on how education systems across the globe are responding to the coronavirus and how the pandemic may impact the future of teaching and learning. Schleicher also talks about redesigning education systems for a future AI world and explore how AI can be used to more productively support 21st century learners.
Carol Campbell, associate professor of Leadership and Educational Change at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), discusses teacher learning and leadership in today’s changing world. Campbell, whose research focuses on strengthening professional capacity to improve student opportunity, learning, achievement and equity, highlights the importance of teachers sharing and developing their own learning by engaging in professional learning opportunities.
Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and NCEE Board of Trustees member, discusses how states are working to align their instructional systems. An independent education consultant, Weiss currently works with states involved in the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Instructional Materials and Professional Development (IMPD) Network to increase the use of standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials by teachers in every classroom and ensure that professional learning is wrapped around these materials.
Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), discusses the current state of the profession, building and promoting an evidence-informed learning profession, and priority areas of action to advance the profession – all in the interest of deeper and broader student learning.
Rebecca Winthrop, senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, discusses her recent book, Leapfrogging Inequality. In it, Winthrop and her co-researchers chart a new path for global education by examining the possibility of leapfrogging—harnessing innovation to rapidly accelerate educational progress—to ensure that all young people develop the skills they need for a fast-changing world.
Vicky Phillips, Executive Vice President and Chief Education Officer at the National Geographic Society, discusses the Society’s evolving education strategy and programs focused on transforming the classroom experience for millions of students and educators — inspiring generations of planetary stewards — to help advance one of the Society’s most important goals: a planet in balance.
Vivien Stewart, senior advisor for education at the Asia Society and a member of the NCEE Board of Trustees, discusses how the demands on teaching are growing every year. A few select countries have managed to recruit and maintain a high-quality, stable teaching force that can rise to the challenges of modern-day teaching. Drawing on her experience with the International Summit on the Teaching Profession, Stewart outlines the strategies these systems have used to create, over time, an end-to-end system of teacher recruitment, preparation and support.
Maureen McLaughlin, senior advisor to the secretary of education and director of international affairs at the U.S. Department of Education, discusses the department of education’s first international strategy, Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement and its update, which is designed to simultaneously strengthen U.S. education and advance U.S. international priorities.
Anthony discusses the intersection of artificial intelligence and education with Charles Fadel, founder of Center on Curriculum Redesign and author of Four-Dimensional Education.
University College London Emeritus Professor and CIEB International Advisor Dylan Wiliam discusses his recent book Creating the Schools Our Children Need.