Teach for Morocco’s COVID-19 Response “Stay Safe and Keep Learning”
In light of increasing cases of COVID-19, the Moroccan Government announced on March 13, 2020 that classes of all schools (early childhood schools, primary schools, secondary schools, inclusive schools, and private schools) would be suspended until further notice. In response, Teach For Morocco (TFM) launched a virtual teaching plan for early childhood education under […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Online Teaching 2.0: Reimagining What We Know
The global pandemic has pushed educators around the world to a transformative moment for online learning. Since February 2020, an unprecedented number of teachers, students, and parents have become exposed to a new mode of teaching. Teachers did not have the luxury of options, as online education came towards them, shouting “Ready or not, here […]
Education systems ‘must build futures around resilience’, virtual conference by QF’s WISE told
Online event with Salzburg Global Seminar brings together international education experts to discuss COVID-19 responses and opportunities. Education systems around the world should use the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to constructively build for the future and focus on “resilience, innovation, and social cohesion”, an online conference organized by Qatar Foundation’s global education think tank […]
In Search of a Compass To Chart An Education Path During and After The COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused severe disruptions to the lives of people around the world in many domains imaginable. It is not just the harmful damage the Pandemic has caused to the health of millions, and the irreparable loss of the lives it has taken. The Pandemic has also caused ripple effects extending to relationships, […]
School Leaders Pivot To Ensure Student Well-Being During COVID-19
“We give out learning and revision materials to our learners and we do phone follow-up since we cannot afford online lessons. Teachers are on a WhatsApp group so they discuss a lot about the next lesson learners should be doing while at home. We also take turns to call parents to know if the learners […]
Secondary Education Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a very promising region with strong economic potential and millions of young men and women who can make remarkable contributions to the economies of their countries if provided with quality education. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Education for All (EFA) movement have […]