Schools as Drivers of Innovation - A Conversation with Anna Pons & Leila Loupis

The Schools Plus Network was launched in May by the OECD
Directorate for Education and Skills, led by Andreas Schleicher
(previous guest on the podcast, Ep #38). The network is intended
to position schools as the drivers of innovation and gather and
connect the best innovative practices from schools around the
world to share them with others. The network will work across
three dimensions, to:




Foster exchange between networks; 

Scale up learning and innovation; 

Inform policy, research and practice and the global
education debate.





Anna Pons is project lead of the Global Teaching InSights at the
OECD Directorate for Education and Skills. This initiative aims
to use video to advance research on how teaching varies across
countries and what practices are most effective for raising
student outcomes, and to develop an online library to enable
teachers to learn and share with their peers from across the
globe. Previously, Anna co-ordinated the accession process of
Costa Rica, Colombia and Latvia to the OECD in the area of
education. Also, she co-authored in-depth reviews of the
effectiveness and equity of nine education systems as well as the
report Equity and Quality in Education, which identified system
and school-level policies and practices for supporting
disadvantaged schools and students. Prior to joining the OECD in
2010, Anna gained work experience in the Catalan government, a
local government, and the private sector. Anna holds a BA in
Economics and a BA in Political Science from University Pompeu
Fabra, and a Master in Economics and Public Policy from Sciences
Po, ENSAE and École Polytechnique.


Leila Loupis is the Schools Plus Network Coordinator and Analyst
at the OECD. Previously she was a senior coordinator of the
Teacher Task Force network for UNESCO and has worked as a
Communications Specialist for the United Nations and on the
UNESCO EFA Global Monitoring Report.





Links for further information



Web: https://www.oecd.org/education/school/oecdschoolsnetwork.htm

Email: OECD.SchoolsPlus@oecd.org

Twitter: @OECDEduSkills; @OECDDev; @aponsv