@alexfbeard

The Learning Revolution on @BBCRadio4 | Senior Director @teachforall | Natural Born Learners @wnbooks https://xitter.cf/t.co/rm5hRkNMcV | Robot Teachers https://xitter.cf/t.co/GbOV0tXsRX

 London, UK, Europe
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Joined November 2012
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The Learning Revolution starts on @BBCRadio4 this Friday! Join me for a three-part look at the future of education, featuring the leading thinkers and most radical practices in teaching, technology, and more. Part I is on Knowing 👇👇👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h93…
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It's a big day here at Big Change! We're proud to publish our latest Impact Report ⭐ Check it out to be inspired by the work of our incredible community of changemakers 💙 Read: big-change.org/about/impact/ #OurImpact #CreatingBigChangeTogether #BetterTogether
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Presenting a 5-part film, 'The City in the Shadow of Oblivion'. In part 1, the medieval port of Old Winchelsea is clawed into the sea by one of the most horrific storms of the entire Middle Ages. Contains graphic imagery! Serialised all week; do share! shorturl.at/flEN9
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I found the recent @nytimes opinion piece on AI by @harari_yuval @tristanharris @aza very interesting and I agree with some of the overall thrust and points but object to MANY of the important details. So, time for a 🧵 detailing my critiques: nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opini…

Opinion | You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills (Published 2023)

In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer. What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics or religion?

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Wendy Kopp@wendykopp14 Mar 2023
This panel hosted by @alexfbeard @TeachForAll’s Community Impact Lab brought to life so beautifully the importance of all the actors in systems—from those crucial stakeholders in schools and communities to those who control leverage points in government and beyond.
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🤚 Education, especially for girls, has a ripple effect on prosperity, health, security & so much more. I’m a proud @GPforEducation UK Champion & #IWD23 is the time to #RaiseYourHand for girls’ education. w/ @sarahsands100 @liz_sugg @LauraRound @TeachForAll 🤚
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@mSchools_MWC2 Mar 2023
Quin és el futur de la docència? Quines seran les oportunitats i els reptes a què s’enfrontaran els docents? En parlem amb @alexfbeard a la sessió #mSchoolsCET23 #MWC23 – at Barcelona, Spain
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La professió docent serà la més important del segle XXI i la #tecnologia l’ajudarà a liderar el procés educatiu i de creació de coneixement diu Alex Beard @alexfbeard @mSchools_MWC
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“When the challenges we face are clearer than ever, we need to cultivate the rising generation to put their energy towards addressing them” My latest piece on how we can help young workers searching for meaning diplomaticourier.com/posts/y…

Young Workers Are Searching for Meaning and Wellbeing. Let’s Help Them Find It

Jan 19, 2023 // Companies around the world are fretting about how to engage 19-25-year-olds who comprise Gen Z. But we have an opportunity and a responsibility to help young people recognize that...

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I’m calling on @Keir_Starmer @RishiSunak @EdwardJDavey + others to commit in their manifestoes to #fundeducation this #EducationDay. Give us a 💙 to join 80+ influencers in signing our #openletter & start a better future today 👇 g.pe/T7ij50Mt00s
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🆘 Where there's conflict, futures are lost ✅ Unless we protect education! This means delivering @G7, @FCDOGovUK, @JamesCleverly promises, incl. fully funding @GPforEducation. Read the @timesredbox @sarahsands100 op-ed to mark #WorldChildrensDay tinyurl.com/2va4zcj2
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🆘 Where there's conflict, futures are lost ✅ Unless we protect education! This means delivering @G7, @FCDOGovUK, @JamesCleverly promises, incl. fully funding @GPforEducation. Read the @timesredbox @sarahsands100 op-ed to mark #WorldChildrensDay tinyurl.com/2va4zcj2
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I think we would operate very differently in education if we put 🔻 Less emphasis on report cards, and ✅ More emphasis on family albums Let me explain what I mean through Raquel’s story…
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7 in 10 kids worldwide can't read. 9 in 10 in my home continent Africa. It's worse than we thought - but there are solutions at scale. Read our new report co-authored by @gatesfoundation and @WBG_Education @UNICEF @FCDOEducation @UNESCO @USAIDEducation worldbank.org/en/news/press-…

70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and Understand a Simple Text

70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and Understand a Simple Text

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70% of kids can’t read Specifically 70% of 10 year olds in low and middle income countries can’t read for meaning The best part of a generation shut out by a #learningcrisis @JaimeSaavedra22 on why we must #TransformingEducation @UNESCO @WBG_Education @TeachForAll
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Do you see me? Why do I feel invisible and mute? Ria, 17, singer, songwriter, poet, bringing down the house at @UNESCO #TransformingEducation in Paris, on pushing through a system that expected her to fail @ELAMhq @TeachForAll @TheWorldsLesson 🎤💫
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Join the global movement to #TransformEducation says @AminaJMohammed Few sectors more difficult to change than education, and no change was ever granted graciously We need a global movement of schools, business, politics, but especially of young people @UNESCO @TeachForAll
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To the 1.2 billion youth, keep faith To everyone else, stand by your word and transform education Powerful opening to @UNESCO #TransformingEducation from youth advocate and poet Ayan Said @VoicingVoices @TeachForAll @EAA_Foundation 🌍
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There’s no point making work *about* climate change. It’s too late Art today should act on the world as part of the movement for change The brilliant @jamesbridle w/ Brian Eno for @5x15stories Ways of Being is outstandingly good and will transform how you see the world 🌳
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Happy to present (almost) 2-years performance report of Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights (@DCPCR), Delhi Govt since I took over as Chairperson Note: DCPCR is Govt's statutory authority to monitor implementation of children's rights. More: dcpcr.delhi.gov.in/about-us
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Justice Madan Lokur agreed to chair Advisory Board & @sujakrao Ex-Union Health Secretary), @SoledadHerrero (Child Protection Chief, @UNICEFIndia), @alexfbeard (Senior Director, @TeachForAll ), @enakshi_G (Co-Founder, @HAQCRC ), @RushdaMajeed joined Board. dcpcr.delhi.gov.in/journal%E…
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