Hannah Emmanuele

Speaking at Google Headquarters in August 2012, Tony Wagner makes the case for not just improving our schools but transforming them into hubs of innovation and creativity that will help children develop the vital skills necessary to be successful in ...

In this 2010 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.

In this rare footage, “Jobs reflects on the difference between using marketing to sell versus using marketing to impart the ethos of an organization…This is the birth of Apple’s ethos as a simple toolmaker for people with the passion and ...

From Gallop Poll’s 2013 survey: Student engagement with school and learning is a gold standard that every parent, teacher, and school strives to achieve. If we were doing right by our students and our future, these numbers would be the ...

Well, the future is already here.  Mashable’s latest predictions speculate about what we might expect in the next 6 short years–2020.  Brace yourself because the pace of change is accelerating and more disruption will certainly follow. 1-  Virtual avatars and ...

More recent news pointing to the urgent need for creativity and innovation: I reported earlier on economist Tyler Cowan’s description of the disappearing middle class.  He predicts future income will becoming increasingly polarized between the truly talented, creative thinkers who ...

Via Vala Afshar and PJ Caposey in HuffPost: In the words of educational writer and speaker, Todd Whitaker, “If the principal sneezes, the whole school catches a cold.” It is up to the educational leaders to set the tone that ...

Summary of the 2010 IBM study of more than 1,500 Chief Executive Officers:  (the graphic above  is an eye-opener) The far reaching and irreversible effects of wholesale industry transformation and technological advances are causing both uncertainty and volatility. The biggest ...

An inspiring call from global thought leaders in education making a strong case for how learning must change in our schools in response to enormous change that has already taken place in society and the accelerating pace of what is ...