Louka Parry is an educator, strategist and entrepreneur working at the global forefront with schools, systems and organisations as they adapt for the future. As a school teacher, he was promoted to Principal at 27 and has been named Inspirational Public Secondary Teacher of the Year for South Australia. As Founder + CEO of The Learning Future and a Founding Executive of Karanga: The Global Alliance for Social Emotional Learning and Life Skills, he works internationally (in English and Spanish) to support positive change. A rapid learner, he holds two Masters degrees, speaks five languages and recently completed a fellowship at Stanford’s d.school. You’ll normally find him nerding out on ideas, running trails, playing music and generally exploring with a rather insatiable and problematic curiosity.

Join us for this thought-provoking conversation about shifting the structures of schools, the importance of personal identity and communities, and what schools need to let go of in order to meet the needs of future generations.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:

• Louka’s journey as an educator and his thoughts on why education is “the great leveler”
• How we can shift the structure in which schools exist
• The purpose of school and why it no longer applies to our modern world
• The difficulty of innovation within a system that is constantly seeking homeostasis
• Why we’re no longer in a knowledge economy
• Designing new models to meet whole people and whole communities
• Two major things we need to let go of in schools in order to move forward
• The age of schooling coming to an end and what will come next 

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Connect with Louka on Twitter and  LinkedIn
• Check out The Learning Future on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
• Visit thelearningfuture.com to find out more about their work to help schools, educators and organizations to thrive in our constantly changing world.
• Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, sign up for a  webinar and check out our project library
• Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment
• Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here

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In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

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