
Joanne McEachen on Contributive Learning
NewsIn support of the Getting Smart Podcast’s “difference-making” focus, The Learner First’s Joanne McEachen sat down with Getting Smart CEO Tom Vander Ark for a conversation on her new book, The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education…

Profile of a Principal in Liminal Times
ArticleBy Mary Coverdale, Director of The Learner First, Australia.
It’s becoming common to use the anthropological term “liminal” to describe the period of time we are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It means the space and time between…

Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined: Thoughts and Responses from Education’s Frontline During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
NewsThe World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), in support of Qatar Foundation’s UNGA Global Goals week platform, is hosting a virtual session launching a WISE Special Edition eBook titled Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined: Thoughts…

SEL Signature Leadership Series
News“My advice for senior leaders is to do some work on yourself first. For me, learning about who I am and really being true to myself… has allowed me to be the best leader I can be. If I try to be somebody else, I’m a terrible leader….…

New Book Out Now! The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis
NewsAvailable as a paperback and eBook on Amazon here.
“The very best outcome we can hope for—from anything—is to make people’s lives, and the world, better.”
— from The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis, by Joanne…

Turning the Lock on the Assessment Vault
Thought PieceBy Mary Coverdale, Director of The Learner First, Australia.
By questioning and so challenging the assumption that an exam or test gives us the truth of what a child knows and understands, we dislodge belief systems and practices of 100 or…

Driving in the Dark
Thought PieceBy Mary Coverdale, Director of The Learner First, Australia.
When you drive at night your vision is limited by the scope and quality of the car headlights. You can see an arc in front of you that guides you along the road. At the edges of the…

The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis
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Education is in crisis, but there is a way out. Schools can commit to contributive learning, so that all students learn how to add to the world.
The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education…

Measuring Human Return Audio Companion Guide
NewsMary Coverdale, Executive Director of The Learner First, Australia, has written and recorded an Audio Companion Guide to Measuring Human Return: Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning (Joanne McEachen and Matthew Kane,…

Time’s Up For Domestic and Family Violence
ArticleBy Kym Amor, Foundation Principal, Foxwell State Secondary College. Originally published by Queensland Association of State School Principals (QASSP).
The morning of 19 February 2020 is a day I will never forget. Sitting in my office with…