Global Ed Talks with Anthony Mackay

Anthony Mackay is joined by the Honourable Patricia HEKIA Parata, former Minister of Education for New Zealand and member of NCEE’s International Advisory Board. Parata’s previous experience as a policy analyst and politician, and her current roles, amongst others, as an International Advisor to the Supreme Council for Education, Development and Training Kingdom of Bahrain and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, allow her multiple perspectives on education reform. During the interview, Parata addresses the politics of education in a pre- and post-COVID world, identifying equity as the biggest issue education systems will face today and into the future. She also highlights the important roles differentiation and personalization will play in teaching and learning in post-COVID schooling.

In his fourth interview of 2020, Anthony Mackay is joined by James Spillane, Professor in Learning and Organizational Change at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Spillane’s work explores the education policy formulation and implementation process at the state, district, school, and classroom levels, focusing on intergovernmental and policy-practice relations. During the interview, Spillane proposes a multilevel framing of educational leadership, arguing for more expansive notions about leadership in the educational sector that reach beyond person and place to embrace a system-wide outlook.

In the third Global Ed Talks interview of 2020, Anthony Mackay is joined by Michael Fullan, recognized as an international authority on educational reform and co-director of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative, for a discussion focused on the intersection of system leadership, deep learning and equity. During the interview, Fullan, the former dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and professor emeritus of the University of Toronto, shares insights from his recent book, The Devil Is in the Details: System Solutions for Equity, Excellence, and Student Well-being, and highlights opportunities for deeper learning presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the interview below or listen as a podcast on iTunes or Spotify.

Anthony Mackay is joined by Andreas Schleicher, director of Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and member of CIEB’s International Advisory Board, to discuss how education systems across the globe are responding to the coronavirus and how the pandemic may impact the future of teaching and learning. In the interview, Schleicher, a global thought leader in education and artificial intelligence (AI), highlights the importance of innovation and collaboration in light of the current crisis as well as enhancing the role of the learner. Mackay and Schleicher also discuss redesigning education systems for a future AI world and explore how AI can be used to more productively support 21st century learners.

Anthony Mackay sits down with Carol Campbell, associate professor of Leadership and Educational Change at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), to discuss teacher learning and leadership in today’s changing world. Campbell, whose research focuses on strengthening professional capacity to improve student opportunity, learning, achievement and equity, highlights the importance of teachers sharing and developing their own learning by engaging in professional learning opportunities. As an example, Campbell details the Teaching Learning and Leadership Program (TLLP) in Ontario, a joint initiative through a partnership between the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) and the Ontario Ministry of Education, in which teacher teams apply to receive funding to conduct a project linked to an area of student need they’ve identified. These teachers then become responsible for the professional learning of others and commit to sharing their knowledge and practice beyond their own school.

Anthony Mackay sits down with Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and NCEE Board of Trustees member, to discuss how states are working to align their instructional systems. An independent education consultant, Weiss currently works with states involved in the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Instructional Materials and Professional Development (IMPD) Network to increase the use of standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials by teachers in every classroom and ensure that professional learning is wrapped around these materials.

Anthony Mackay sits down with Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to discuss the current state of the profession, building and promoting an evidence-informed learning profession, and priority areas of action to advance the profession – all in the interest of deeper and broader student learning.

Anthony Mackay and Bror Saxberg, vice president of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, discuss the intersection of technology, curriculum, assessment, computers and cognitive science.

Anthony Mackay discusses the future of learning with Michael Stevenson, senior advisor to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) program at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Anthony Mackay sits down with Rebecca Winthrop, senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, to talk about leapfrogging — harnessing innovation to rapidly accelerate educational progress.