By Warwick Mansell, freelance education journalist Image © Jeff Pioquinto, SJ    “The system has to change. I don’t really know what the answer is, but I do know we don’t get the best out of our pupils by demoralizing or devaluing... more

By Jamie Reaburn Weir, Learning 2030 Blog Contributor Image © WGSI/Matthew Piotrowski Learning is one of my passions. It’s a hunger that can’t be satiated. I’m curious by nature and find so many wonderful things about life interesting that I am always... more

by Stephen Hurley, Learning 2030 Blog Contributor Image © WGSI/Matt Piotrowski The idea of risk-taking in the world of schooling often conjures up images of innovative, entrepreneurial educators, prodding and poking at the boundaries of their context, looking for new... more

By Lisa Levinson, Learning 2030 Blog Contributor Most teenagers would not attribute their emerging selves to neurons, synapses, dendrites, axons, or anything else packed into their cranial locker.  Recent research on brain development has confirmed what parents, educators, and others... more

By Kerry Davis, Ed.D, CCC/SLP, Learning 2030 Blog Contributor Image © WGSI/Carrie Warner Mention professional development (PD) to teachers, and you can almost feel the collective eye-rolling. The value of PD activities that are integrated into the work week is... more

Equinox Summit: Learning 2030 focuses on the future of high school education, a future that will be influenced by the wider landscape of education issues. This Learning 2030 Blog entry reflects on the draft of the First Nations Education Act that was published in October... more

By Michael Brooks, Learning 2030 Summit Curator Image © Stanford Ovshinsky/ Energy Conversion Devices It’s amazing what a library can do. That flat screen TV you love so much? Your laptop’s memory card? The solar panels that are helping us fight climate change... more

By Jahmeelah Gamble, Learning 2030 Blog Contributor Image © WGSI/Brian Emery At first, I admit, I was unsure just how the Learning 2030 Equinox Communiqué could be applicable to high school students with special needs. As an educator who teaches students... more

By Mike Maccarone, Learning 2030 Contributor Image © WGSI/Brian Emery Fifteen months ago, I ended an eight year stretch of teaching in a public high school in Newark, NJ.  In that span of time, I offered courses in physics, chemistry, engineering, electronics,... more

By Tim Lougheed, Learning 2030 In-Camera Blogger Image © WGSI/Carrie Warner As we get ready to make our way to the theatre downstairs, I thumb-through the Learning 2030 Communiqué – the three-page road-map to 2030 set to be revealed as TV cameras roll as summit... more