Julie Boyd
Archive for February, 2012
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
Posted by Julie in Articles- Education on February 15, 2012
Schools We Can Envy March 8, 2012 Diane Ravitch http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/08/schools-we-can-envy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=February+14+2012&utm_content=February+14+2012+CID_df0a036fbf79555ea6739ad90deab4b9&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Schools+We+Can+Envy Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg, with a foreword by Andy Hargreaves Teachers College Press, 167 pp., $34.95 (paper) Tuomas UusheimoThe Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland, which accommodates about 770 students aged seven to sixteen and [...]
Women Do It For Youselves!
Posted by Julie in ARTICLE OF THE DAY, Articles- Women on February 4, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/sheryl-sandberg-of-facebook-staying-on-message.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message Facebook’s No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn’t stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their careers. By NICOLE PERLROTH and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook’s big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a [...]
Futurist Thomas Frey predicts 2 billion jobs to disappear by 2030
Posted by Julie in ARTICLE OF THE DAY, Articles- Commentary on February 3, 2012
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/02/2-billion-jobs-to-disappear-by-2030/ Thomas Frey is a well-respected futurist whose work is well worth reading for a picture of a possible future for humanity. Visit his website for further information- recommended. 2 Billion Jobs to Disappear by 2030 A picture of me speaking at yesterday’s TEDxReset in Istanbul. Yesterday I was honored to be one of [...]
AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Posted by Julie in ARTICLE OF THE DAY, Articles- Commentary, Articles- Education, Articles- Women, Education, Writing on February 2, 2012
AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP © Julie Boyd 2012 Traditional models and theories of leadership are not necessarily helpful in a contemporary world. One of the challenges for educational leaders is in the realisation that education can no longer be quarantined from our broader society and environment. A theory of leadership derived from principles of [...]
Stop Financial Apartheid
Posted by Julie in ARTICLE OF THE DAY, Articles- Commentary, Articles- Women on February 2, 2012
Terrific article by Sara Van Gelder of YES magazine, making some excellent points. This needs to be read far and wide. http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/sarah-van-gelder/corporate-rule-is-not-inevitable Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable 7 signs the corporatocracy is losing its legitimacy … and 7 populist tools to help shut it down. You may remember that there was a time when [...]
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE … to shape a planet on which people, other living things and the systems that support us can sustainably co-exist?
Posted by Julie in ARTICLE OF THE DAY, Articles- Commentary on February 2, 2012
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE … to shape a planet on which people, other living things and the systems that support us can sustainably co-exist? For this special issue, Momentum magazine invited experts from around the world to share their thoughts on how we might craft solutions to some of the Earth’s toughest challenges. A terrific [...]
A Reluctant Prime Minister?
Posted by Julie in Articles- Commentary on February 14, 2012
I may be far wide of the mark but do believe we have a reluctant Prime Minister rather than the Machiavellian creature being portrayed right now. While speculation and incredibly destructive chinese whispers continue to bounce around, with various media outlets trying desperately to talk Kevin Rudd into mounting a leadership challenge, I see a [...]
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