Education Disrupted: Leading Educational Systems Through Times of Crisis and Uncertainty
Over the past four months, as COVID-19 has swept across the globe, many politicians and news media have adopted war metaphors to describe the challenges that countries and communities are facing. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutiérrez recently embraced the comparison during his remarks at a G20 virtual summit on the COVID-19 pandemic. He stated: “We are at […]
Preparedness Leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a crucible for educational practices across the world and at Qatar Academy for Science and Technology (QAST), the pressure to rapidly transform and respond to the needs of our students, teachers, and community was no different. We felt we were current and QAST’s initial steps went smoothly. Within days, […]
Leading from Disruption to ‘Next Normal’ in Education
Running Twice as Fast 2020 has brought worldwide disruption to multiple sectors in ways we could not have imagined when the calendar ticked over on January 1st. Education is one field in which reform has, by necessity, been happening at a rapid rate that some have described as “building the plane while flying it.” […]
After Covid-19, Will Chinese Education Achieve Artificial Intelligence?
EdTech and China’s Left-Behind Kids China has 69 million “left behind” rural children. They are left behind literally because their parents work as migrants in wealthy cities, which do not permit non-residents to attend public schools. They are also left behind figuratively because as China’s economy roars ahead their future is uncertain. Rural schools do […]
Education Leadership in Times of Uncertainty: Rising to the Challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many challenges to our education systems. Yet, it also presents an opportunity to re-consider the delivery of education and schooling by those in educational leadership positions. School leadership teams play a vital role in creating the environments that support teachers, students and their families to continue to be connected and […]
Educating for Well-being: The Need for Systemic Socio-Emotional Learning and Motion Leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic has made evident the need for systemic social and emotional education, for children, teens, and adults. Mental and emotional problems like distraction, depression and suicide, loneliness, and a lack of purpose that were already affecting people’s minds and health, are increasing. We lack strategies to deal with them personally, in education, and […]