Leading Efforts Towards Global Education Development
Dr. Aija Rinkinen works as a Senior Education Specialist in the World Bank Education Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is a citizen of Finland, and she has worked in the field of education for more than 30 years. Before joining the World Bank in...
Coaching in the Classroom: Improving Success by Moving from ‘Telling’ to ‘Showing’
James is currently the Senior Vice Principal and DSL at DLD College London, having joined in September 2020, initially to look after the boarding aspect of the school – where over 50 nationalities live on site. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the school, he is responsible...
Helping Students Become Problem Solvers & Critical Thinkers of Tomorrow
Joanne Anderson currently serves as the Head of Design and Technology at Dulwich College Beijing where her role is to lead and develop the SE21 Program in collaboration with the Director of Innovation, Computer Science and STEM Teachers and Innovation Coaches. She enjoys leading students through the process of...
Rest For Success: How Switching Off Can Boost Well-Being In The Busy Exam Season
Nic Ford is the Headteacher of Bolton School Boys’ Division, a large independent day school in the United Kingdom. He has been teaching for nearly 30 years, with 20 of those working in senior leadership roles in both the UK state and Independent sectors. He has significant experience in...
Why Continuous Investment In K12 Evidence Matters
Karl Rectanus is an educator and a high-growth serial entrepreneur committed to expanding equitable outcomes through systemic change. As a co-founder of LearnPlatform and the SVP of K12 Strategy for Instructure, he equips educators, researchers, policymakers and technologists to expand access for all students to the tools and teaching that work best...
The Power of Education in the Times of War
Natalia Lymonova is the Founder & CEO of GIOS, co-founder of Digital Future of Education PO, and a board member of WBAF Global Startup Committee. Playmath: An Education Project That Helps Middle And High School Students Learn Math Efficiently In the face of the 2022 full-scale invasion, the...
Assessing School Culture For Innovation + Sustainability
Michelle Blanchet is co-author of The Startup Teacher (Times 10, 2020), co-author of Preventing Polarization (Times 10, 2023), and an educator and social entrepreneur striving to improve how we treat, train, and value our teachers. After ten years of experience working with young people, she founded the Educators’ Lab,...
Squeezed at Both Ends – The Old by Age, the Young by Artificial Intelligence?
Sumant transitioned from a successful career in technology management to becoming self-employed with financial licenses. He realized that in the US there are hundreds of licenses and certifications anyone can qualify for just by being 18 or older, thus increasing their earning potential or transitioning into a new career....