Action Plan for an Inclusive Education Policy in the State of Qatar
In recent years, Qatar has made important strides and significant changes to support and integrate people with disabilities. However, we are yet to establish an action plan and a roadmap for policymakers on the education and employability of persons with disabilities. This research report, drawing on reflections from the field, provides important insights in relation to achieving […]
Finding Meaning in the Age of AI
The rise of AI-powered technologies (e.g. ChatGPT) has triggered a series of transformations that have impacted both our personal and professional lives. But the transformations that come with the advent of AI are far from being only economical: for many people, work is more than a job. As shown in a McKinsey research, “70% of employees […]
Collaborative Leadership for Transforming Education in Learning Ecosystems
Developed through an 18-month collaborative effort with education practitioners worldwide, this report explores collaborative leadership for transforming education in learning ecosystems. Building on the previous two reports, “Education Reimagined: Leadership for a New Era” and “Education Reimagined: Leadership for Transformation” by the WISE Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network (ALL-IN), this report presents and analyzes a […]
What World Do We Want to Shape?
This is a reflective essay written as part of the WISE Emerging Leaders program. My fingers slowly press on the warming keyboard. It is now 40 degrees celcius in my North of France hometown. It is the first time in my life that this region, known as one the coldest in the country, has reached such […]
Education Reimagined: Leadership for Transformation
Numerous crises are going on in our world today: health, climate change, and access to quality education, and this was already true before COVID-19. These crises affect how we teach, what we teach, and the skills we’ll need now and in the future. As a result, there is a growing global movement for educational transformation […]
Eliminating Tech Barriers for an Equitable Education
2020: A student treks for nearly an hour up a mountain to access WiFi strong enough to submit their modules. 2015: A photo goes viral of a child completing their homework while using the light of a McDonald’s drive-through. Two stories, five years apart. In the frothing wake of the pandemic, the Philippine education system has only proved […]
Education Reimagined: Leadership for a New Era
The WISE Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network (ALL-IN) was established in 2017, as an action-oriented global community of practice of educational leadership experts – including academics, program providers, practitioners and policy makers – who research, design and advocate for high-quality school leadership policies that prepare and support school systems in educating the learners of today and […]
The Journey of Building Partnerships with K-12 Schools in MENA
School ecosystems are not new to us. As co-founders, and mid-career professionals, we bring more than 50 years of experience in the education space, from teaching to policy, research to implementation. It is this profound understanding of how schools work that has helped us as entrepreneurs to build partnerships with over 65 schools in 7 […]
Highlighting the Ta’theer Leadership Development Program in Lebanon
Qatar Foundation’s WISE ALL-IN Case Studies Given that school leadership is one of the most important influences on student learning, WISE/ALL-IN’s 2025 strategy, is to focus its research, program support, and advocacy toward supporting school leader development in under-served global contexts. As part of this work, in 2019 WISE ALL-IN supported field-based case studies of school […]
Managing Innovation Environments and Ecosystems Capacity-Building Initiatives in Latin America
In 2016, the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) adopted the concept of “Areas of Innovation” as places that bring together infrastructural, technological, institutional and cultural facilities that attract entrepreneurially-minded people who have new ideas and capital and are focused on innovation and enhancing the development of the knowledge society. This […]