Michael Fullan www.michaelfullan.ca Michael Fullan, OC is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Recognized as a worldwide authority on educational reform, he advises policymakers and local leaders around the world in helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children learning. From 2004-2013 Michael Fullan served as Special Adviser in Education to the Premier of Ontario. He received the Order of Canada in December 2012 and holds honorary doctorates from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Newman University College, University of Leicester; and Nipissing University in Canada. Fullan […]

Carol Bellamy Carol Bellamy presently serves as the Chair of the Global Partnership for Education Board of Directors. Prior to this, Ms. Bellamy served as President and CEO of World Learning, a private, non-profit organization promoting international understanding through education and development in over 70 countries. Bellamy previously served 10 years as Executive Director of UNICEF, the children’s agency of the United Nations. She was also the first former volunteer to become Director of Peace Corps. Ms. Bellamy has worked in the private sector at Bear, Stearns & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She spent 13 years […]

Andreas Schleicher Andreas Schleicher is Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to OECD’s Secretary-General. He also provides strategic oversight over OECD’s work on the development and utilisation of skills and their social and economic outcomes. This includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES). Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in […]

Mohamed Sidibay Mohamed Sidibay joined EFF5 from New York. Sidibay is a former child soldier from Sierra Leone. Below is a recording of a video conference Mohamed Sidibay participated in.

Michael Furdyk Michael Furdyk is the co-founder of TakingITGlobal, which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Michael has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People’s “Twenty Teens that will Change the World”. Over the last decade, he […]

Jeremy Gilley After a successful career acting in film and television, Jeremy Gilley began making his own films in 1995 and, in 1999, founded the non-profit film project Peace One Day (POD) to document his own efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed date. In September 2001, as a result of Jeremy’s efforts, a General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states, formally establishing September 21 as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace – Peace Day. Under Jeremy’s leadership, Peace […]

Dr. Paul Howard-Jones Dr. Paul Howard-Jones (Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol) researches at the interface of neuroscience with educational theory, practice and policy, and he publishes in all associated areas. He was recently asked to review the potential effects of the Internet on the brain, and delivered his findings via the 2011 Nominet Trust Lecture at the UK’s Royal Society for Arts. Dr. Howard-Jones’s scientific research combines neurocomputational modeling with functional brain imaging in order to further understand the relationship between reward and learning. He is applying this knowledge to the development of educational learning games. He was […]

Geoff Mulgan About Me: Geoff Mulgan is Chief Executive of NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts). From 2004 to 2011, he was the first Chief Executive of the Young Foundation, a leading centre for social innovation. Between 1997 and 2004, Mr. Mulgan had various roles in the UK government including Director of the Government’s Strategy Unit and Head of Policy in the Prime Minister’s Office. Before that, he was the Founder and Director of the think-tank Demos. Geoff is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL, Melbourne University and a regular lecturer at the China Executive Leadership Academy. […]

June 25, 2014 Learn from the outcomes of the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) by catching up with Education Fast Forward’s debate which was held on June 25, 2014 at 1pm (BST). The lead debater was Andreas Schleicher Director for Education and Skills for the OECD who was joined by Professor Michael Fullan former dean of the Ontario Institute of Education Studies in Education. Specially invited guests were also present at the debate. Andreas revealed the results of the TALIS survey and looked at what the conditions teachers face and how this data can influence policy to make sure that teachers have the best […]

January 20, 2014 Many of the schools around the world were built for a different time. Schools are being constantly pushed to improve and evolve but can they? The skills we require from students are changing and the student’s needs and expectations are changing. If we are to support these changes to what extent can we rely on traditional approaches to learning; to what extent do we require an entirely new approaches to learning? Does the drive for change and the pressure of economic forces mean that the notion school is outdated, or can schooling be changed to better support […]