Writing
Selected publications
Big Change, 2021
Working in partnership with a group of global education leaders, I co-produced a report on the drivers of education system transformation to put all students on a path to success in the C21
Apolitical, July 2020
In order to keep 1.5 billion children learning, governments are trying new and unconventional methods
Guardian Long Read, April 2020
With 1 billion children worldwide shut out of schools, tech evangelists claim now is the time for AI education. But as the technology’s power grows, so too do the dangers that come with it.
Financial Times, June 2020
For the first time in a generation, it is possible to imagine a different kind of school system
Evening Standard, September 2019
This week children nationwide are travelling back in time. After a long summer of sharing on Snapchat and surfing YouTube, they’re skipping through the school gates for the first day of a new school year
Guardian Long Read, April 2018
If we could understand how the infant mind develops, it might help every child reach their full potential. But seeing them as learning machines is not the answer
Wired, April 2018
China wants to be the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. To get there, it's reinventing the way children are taught
Daily Telegraph, April 2019
A review of Jordan Shapiro's fascinating and provocative new book, The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World, which argues that we should stop worrying and learn to love tech
Financial Times, November 2017
“Schooling is not the same as learning,” wrote the authors of the World Bank’s World Development Report for 2018, the first of its kind to be devoted entirely to education
Open Education Europa, 2012
Along with Jacob Kestner, I wrote an essay for the European Commission about how in the year 2030 students will continue to go to the school down the road; they’ll begin to go to the school in the cloud.
- Radio
I wrote and presented a three part documentary series for BBC Radio 4, The Learning Revolution
The series examined the future of knowing, teaching and learning with the world's leading institutions and thinkers, including Alison Gopnik, Wade Davis, Andy Clark, Rosi Braidotti, Mitch Resnick, Daisy Christodoulou and David Wallace-Wells
Projects
I run a lab for the future of learning
I'm Senior Director of the Global Learning Lab at Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations working on six continents to develop the teachers, school leaders and policymakers who will transform education today.
I'm part of the team that developed the World Economic Forum's 'Generation AI Establishing Global Standards for Children and AI' report, working with global experts in technology, education, child psychology, financing and manufacturing.
I'm on the board of the One Day Trust, home of the London Screen Academy and East London Arts and Music, which are transforming vocational education for 16-19 year olds to access the creative industries.
I'm an advisor to Black Mountains College, a new university in rural Wales teaching undergraduates, craftspeople and teachers to use creative methods and new technologies to tackle the challenges facing future generations.
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