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Ms. Naa Ayeleysa Quaynor-Mettle
Naa Ayeleysa Quaynor-Mettle is a rising senior pursuing a four-year Bachelor of Science degree i ...
Dr. Jim WYNN
Jim Wynn joined Promethean in April 2010 as Chief Education Officer, responsible for the company ...
Dr. Hamid SHIRVANI
Dr. Hamid Shirvani is President of the California State University, Stanislaus and an inte ...
Prof. John KIRKLAND
Dr John Kirkland is Deputy Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universiti ...
Prof. Anil K. GUPTA
Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation, Founder, Honey Bee Network,Coordinator, SR ...
Ms. Al Jawhara Hassan Al-Thani
Al Jawhara Al-Thani is currently a Junior at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SF ...
H.E. Luc CHÂTEL
Luc Chatel was born in Bethesda (USA) in 1964. His father was an admiral and his mother a ...
Rt. Hon. Gordon BROWN MP
Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party ...
Sir Michael BARBER
Sir Michael Barber is a leading authority on education systems and education reform. Over ...
Dr. Tarik YOUSEF
Tarik M. Yousef was appointed in July 2011 as Chief Executive Officer of Silatech after se ...
Dr. Sungchul CHUNG
Until June, 2008, Dr. Sungchul Chung served as the President of the Science and Technology ...
Prof. Yin Cheong CHENG
Professor Yin Cheong Cheng (Ed.D., Harvard) is the Vice-President (Research and Developmen ...
Chief Almir Narayamoga SURUI
An environmentalist, political activist and tribal chief, Almir Narayamoga Surui, 37, has ...
Dr. Anthony SELDON
Anthony Seldon is an authority on contemporary British history and headmaster of Wellingto ...
Mr Asif SALEH
Asif is the Director of Communications and Head of the Social Innovation Lab at BRAC and B ...
Hon. Irene OVONJI-ODIDA
Hon. Ovonji-Odida has been Chairperson of the International Board of ActionAid Internation ...
Mr. Lyonpo OM PRADHAN
Lyonpo Om Pradhan has been in the service of the Royal Government of Bhutan since 1969 as ...
Dr. Ishrat HUSAIN
Ishrat Husain is currently the Dean and Director of the IBA Karachi. Before that, he ...
Mrs Valerie HANNON
Valerie Hannon is a Board Director of the Innovation Unit, London UK, which works internat ...
Mr. Steven Lawrence GEIGER
Steven Geiger is the COO of Skolkovo Foundation, a strategic national economic diversifica ...
Mr. Peter CASSELLS
Peter Cassells is Executive Director of the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Interv ...
Dr. Rong WANG
Dr. Rong Wang has a B.S. and M.A. from Peking University and a Ph.D. from the University o ...
Dr Michèle PIERRE-LOUIS
Since her return to Haiti in 1976 after her studying abroad and obtaining an M.A. in Econ ...
Dr. Maoudi Comlanvi JOHNSON
A National Education Officer in Benin, Mr. Johnson has a Master’s in Educational Planning ...
Mr. Larry L. HARLAN
A native of Houston, Mr. Harlan has been with ExxonMobil 32 years, holding positions in Ex ...
Mr. Shamsh KASSIM-LAKHA
Shamsh Kassim-Lakha is the Founding President of the Aga Khan University, the first privat ...
Dr. FACER Keri
Dr. Keri Facer is a Professor at the Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester M ...
Dr. Florence TOBO LOBE
Dr. Florence Tobo Lobe was born into a Protestant family of ten. Her late loving parents e ...
Mr. Uwen Robert OTU
Otu, Uwem Robert hails from Ebo ItuMbonuso in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State ...
Dr. Darleen OPFER
Darleen was previously on the faculty of education at the University of Cambridge, England ...
Mr. Anthony MACKAY
Tony is an Honorary Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbou ...
Mrs. Farida LAMBAY
Farida Lambay completed her Master’s in Social Work from College of Social Work, Nirmala N ...
Mr. Anand KUMAR
Anand Kumar is a respected mathematics teacher. He had the opportunity to study at Cambrid ...
Dr. Yeong Jin KO
Ko, Young Jin, State Superintendent of the Gyeongnam Office of Education, has a PhD in Ped ...
Mr. Nathan KERR
Nathan Kerr is a mobile learning specialist and teacher from New Zealand. He has won numer ...
Mr. Salah-Eddine KANDRI
Salah-Eddine Kandri is currently the Manager for Consumer Services at the International Fi ...
Ms Debbie FORSTER
Debbie Forster is the Interim CEO at CDI Europe and has led on the national roll-out of Apps for ...
Ms. Gloria DE SOUZA
Gloria de Souza is Director, Parisar Asha Environment Education Centre, Mumbai, instituted ...
Mr. Tom BENTLEY
Tom Bentley is Deputy Chief of Staff for the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, where he i ...
Ms. Carol BELLAMY
Carol Bellamy presently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Global Partne ...
Sir Fazle Hasan ABED
Born in 1936, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed completed his secondary education in Dh ...
Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Co-Chairman of Bharti Foundation. A passionate advocate of the right ...
Mr. Paul COLLARD
Paul Collard is the Chief Executive of CCE, the organization responsible for delivering the Brit ...
Mrs Kazim Basarat
For decades Syeda Basarat Midhat Kazim has been providing meaningful education in Pakistan ...
Mrs. Kim Jones
Kim Jones is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Curriki, a non-profit orga ...
Mr. Qian TANG
Tuesday, 7 December 2010 - 14.30-16.00Dr Qian Tang was born in Beijing, China. He earned his Ba ...
Prof. Clifford Nii Boi TAGOE
Professor Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe is the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghan ...
Mr. Michael STEVENSON
Michael Stevenson is Vice President, Global Education for Cisco Systems. He is responsible ...
Mr Toby SALT
Toby is the Deputy Chief Executive and Strategic Director for School Leadership Development at t ...
Dr Patti McGill PETERSON
Dr. Peterson is Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) whose missi ...
Prof. Stephen HEPPELL
Professor Stephen Heppell is CEO of Heppell.net; Professor at Bournemouth University, Chair in N ...
Mr. Abdalla ABDALLA
Abdalla Abdalla is a senior Mechanical Engineering student at Texas A&M University at Qatar. ...
Prof. Brandon HAMBER
Professor Brandon Hamber is Director of the International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE), ...
Dr. Allan GOODMAN
Dr. Allan Goodman is the sixth President of the Institute of International Education (IIE) ...
Mr. Charles GOLDMAN
Charles A. Goldman is a senior economist at RAND, specializing in the analysis of elementary, se ...
Mr. Mike GIBBONS
Mike Gibbons’ career in education and public services began in 1972, teaching English and Drama ...
Mr. Yvon FONTAINE
In 2000, Yvon Fontaine became the eighth President of the Université de Moncton, Canada’s larges ...
Dr Patti Peterson McGill
Dr. Peterson is Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) whose missi ...
Dr A. Barham Madain
Barham Madain is the president of the International Association of University Presidents, IAUP, ...
Ms Mary E. Kirk
Mary E. Kirk is the Institute of International Education's Vice President for Student Exchanges. ...
Mr Kenneth COHEN
Kenneth P. Cohen is the Vice President of Public and Government Affairs for Exxon Mobil Corporat ...
Rt. Hon. Charles CLARKE
Charles Clarke was born in London in 1950 and educated at Highgate School, London. He read mathe ...
Dr Yong BYUN
Professor Byun passed “the senior government officials examination” in 1991 after graduating fro ...
Mr Ramu Damodaran
Ramu Damodaran is Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement in the United Nations D ...
Mr Adrian Blight
After a decade of secondary level teaching in an ICT-rich environment and with an excellent trac ...
Dr Filiz Polat
Filiz Polat is an Associate Professor in Inclusive and Special Education at the University of Ho ...
Dr Jumana Odeh
A pediatrician, public health expert and director of the Palestinian Happy Child Centre “PHCC”, ...
Prof. Bob Moon
Bob Moon is Professor of Education at The Open University (UK) and Founding Director, The Teache ...
Prof. Sugata Mitra
Professor Mitra works in the areas of cognitive science, information science and educational tec ...
Dr Tidu Maini
Dr Tidu Maini is Executive Chairman of Qatar Science & Technology Park. Her Highness Sheikha ...
Dr Barbara Kurshan
Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while support ...
Prof. Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Emeritus Professor Gajaraj Dhanarajan (“Raj”) is a Malaysian and holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees f ...
His Excellency Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi took part in Algeria’s struggle for independence and represented the National Li ...
Ms Nima ABU-WARDEH
Nima is a bilingual English Arabic broadcast journalist specialising in Arab issues. She present ...
His Excellency Abdullah Ben Abdul-Rahman Abdullah AL-OTHMAN
Professor Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al-Othman was appointed as Rector of King Saud University in ...
Prof. Luc Weber
Luc Weber is Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva, and President of the Glion Colloquium.A Swis ...
Ambassador Keith Kenton
Ambassador Kenton Keith assumed the duties of Senior Vice-President of Meridian International Ce ...
Prof. Lawrence HADDAD
Professor Lawrence Haddad is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and t ...
Dr Susan J Bodilly
Susan Bodilly, PhD in Public Policy, has worked at RAND for more than 29 years. Her primary rese ...
Dr Iman Bibars
With an international career spanning from UNICEF to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the Worl ...
Ms Lorie D. Jackson
Lorie D. Jackson joined ExxonMobil in 1989 and has taken on a wide variety of responsibilities a ...
Mr Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes is President and CEO of New Visions for Public Schools, a leader of public school ...
Hon Dreifuss Ruth
Ruth Dreifuss studied in Geneva where she received a degree in economics with special focus on e ...
Prof. B. V. R. CHOWDARI
Professor B.V.R. Chowdari is currently working as the Executive Director of the National Univers ...
Mr Esko AHO
Esko Aho heads Nokia's government and public affairs function and oversees the company’s global ...
Ms Linda Koch Lorimer
Since 1993, Linda Koch Lorimer has served as the senior counselor to the President and the leade ...
Mr. Martin BURT
Martin Burt is Founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a 26-year old NGO devoted to design ...
Voices
Dr.Weinstein: "In Chile Teachers Need Access to Regular Good Quality Training"
Teachers around the world have to constantly keep up with evolving trends in their profess ...
Mr.Naganathan: “Aspiring Teachers Are Awarded Degrees but Not Trained for the Profession”
By: Sriram NaganathanAs a workforce, teachers in India face four challenges.The first is t ...
Tom Bentley: "Most countries have hierarchical education systems in which people can use achievement to join elites."
Tom Bentley, Deputy Chief of Staff to Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, explains that ed ...
Alex Wong - World Economic Forum
Senior Director, WEF, Head of the Global Education Initiative
Learning World
Ending Exclusion
Kuchi Nomads (Afghanistan) – In the poor muddy slums of Afghanistan, many families from nomadic, ...
Closing Divisions
IT class for Indios (Brazil) - A Brazilian government project has managed to bring the internet ...
Closing Divisions
Connectar Igualdad (Argentina) - In Argentina, the government aims to provide internet equality ...
Learning to Count the Pennies
The Education Battle (Chile) - Getting a good education in Chile is difficult and costly, partic ...
No gender please, we’re pupils
Public single sex schools : they are a minority in the world but there are a few in Australia, e ...
No gender please, we’re pupils
Public single sex schools : they are a minority in the world but there are a few in Australia, e ...
20 years after the USSR
Carole Sigman is a researcher in political sciences at CNRS. We’ll interview her during the Fren ...
What future for books in the digital age?
Are we getting closer to an era of only having electronic and digitised books? In Correze, Franc ...
Skipping school
In France, the government hopes that removing some social benefits from families whose kids skip ...
Classes in conflict zones
Education is a prerequisite for democracy and can be used as a tool for conflict resolution. In ...
Screen school -- Hi-tech learning
Technology is increasingly playing a role in the classroom.In South Korea, robots are being used ...
How do you train a leader?
This week in Learning World we focus on the leaders of the future. In Kazakhstan, higher educati ...
How do you train a leader?
This week in Learning World we focus on the leaders of the future. In Ghana one man's visio ...
Education in Far Away Places
In Colombia young school children in Los Pinos do not have a school bus, they use a zip line acr ...
Education in Far Away Places
In Indonesia, an education programme helps communities prepare for the effects of encroaching to ...
Education in Far Away Places
In the Syrian desert, where Bedouin tribes are suspicious of education programmes, they find tha ...
How do you train a leader?
This week in Learning World we focus on the leaders of the future. Let us go to London, one of t ...
Adult literacy
While some governments are taking measures to abolish illiteracy it remains one of the biggest c ...
News
2009 WISE Awards Winner the Self-Sufficient School Welcomes Haitian Students
In September 2011, the WISE Haiti Task Force organized, with the support of the ...
Warm Welcome at Summit for the WISE Book
The book, titled Innovation in Education: Lessons from Pioneers around the World, was writt ...
Haiti Task Force: Rebuilding the Education System in Haiti
The Closing Plenary Session of WISE 2010 saw the establishment of a unique Task Force for Haiti, ...
WISE Prepares University Leaders for Future Challenges
WISE Prepares University Leaders for Future ChallengesDoha, 18 October 2010 - The WISE Institute ...
Debates
Thematic Plenary Session - Achieving Effective Reform: How Can We Improve Education in Every School?
What are the main drivers for achieving effective reforms of education systems? In this WISE 201 ...
Redefining the Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Learning Ecosystem: "All of us have to get involved to improve the quality of education"
The call for “education for all” has increased the demand for non-state provision of quality edu ...
Scaling-Up - The Right Approach: Is it possible to bring effective educational innovations to scale?
Leaders from innovative education programs agree that that scaling up is vital for progress in e ...
Reforming Education - Mission Impossible: "Risk aversion can be overcome when we decide to reward genuine efforts, alternative concepts"
In this WISE 2011 Summit debate, high-level panelists from Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan dis ...
Measuring Progress: "Numbers need to tell a story..."
"No matter who you are, you will be required at some point to gather data..." panel moderator Jo ...
New Perspectives for the Media in 21st Century Education
Session DescriptionWhat are the development strategies of major international media groups in th ...
Multistakeholder Partnerships in Education
While the private sector has long participated to an extent in public education, “Multistakehold ...
Access to Quality Education for All
Progress is being made against the Millennium Development Goal of providing primary level educat ...
Open Education Models
Technology is helping to drive a world in which there are greater opportunities for sharing info ...
Appraising the Impact of ICT
Session DescriptionMany advocates of technology encourage its use across the curriculum, but we ...
Exploring Innovative Trends: The Future of Learning
It is vital to explore the most innovative educational research and practices in both developed ...
Funding Education: New Models for our Times
With increasing numbers of students at every level of education, the challenges of funding and t ...
Improving Education Systems
The “Future of Education” must be built on existing foundations and therefore involves improving ...
Learning from Reforms of National Education Systems
Session DescriptionThroughout the world, national education systems are undergoing reform to ada ...
Social Entrepreneurship in Education
Social entrepreneurship has led to new models and collaborations that not only provide authentic ...
Breakout Session: Leadership Models
Session descriptionLeadership plays a crucial role in determining the success or failure of inst ...
Best Practices
Education in Emergencies: How to Make It Work
Mr. Essa Al-Mannai and Dr. Lori Henninger discuss standards for providing education in emergency ...
Escuelas del Bicentenario
Escuelas del Bicentenario seeks to improve the quality of education in disadvantaged public scho ...
aeioTU
aeioTU is a Colombian social enterprise that constructs and operates high-quality early ch ...
Teach For India
Teach For India, which believes that India needs compassionate, committed leaders who understand ...
Ensuring Every Child Learns
Naandi provides focussed academic support, or “tuition”, to children in Grades 2 to 5 in governm ...
JSTOR Plant Science and the Global Plants Initiative
JSTOR Plant Science and the Global Plants Initiative represent the collaborative efforts of over ...
Teachers TV
Teachers TV is a teacher-training system that aims to raise teaching and learning standards by s ...
NIIT Yuva Star Career Development Centers
The NIIT Yuva Star project is designed to empower and mainstream India’s marginalised youth (liv ...
Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP)
The Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP) is a sustainable early childhood education (ECE) prog ...
Project Nanhi Kali
In India, girls are still considered a liability and an economic burden on the family, remaining ...
The Self-Sufficient School: Learning while Earning
The Self-Sufficient School / Web DocumentaryA “good” education is considered one of the best rou ...
Press release
INAUGURAL WISE PRIZE FOR EDUCATION GOES TO BANGLADESHI FAZLE HASAN ABED
Education underpins development for 138 million poor Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, foun ...
WISE prepares university leaders for future challenges
Doha, 18 October 2010 - The WISE Institute for Education Leadership will welcome 12 higher educa ...
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2011 WISE Prize Laureate
The World’s First WISE Prize for Education Laureate, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chai ...
The Selection Process
From 1 February to 30 April 2011, nominations were invited from institutions and organisat ...
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisi ...
IIE
The Institute of International Education is among the world’s largest and most experienced inter ...
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