by Sarah Pavey PhD More than 14,800 international schools now teach close to 7.4 million students worldwide, and the sector keeps growing (ISC Research, 2025). That kind of growth puts pressure on every role in the building, but few roles have shifted as quietly, or as significantly, as the school librarian’s. A brand-new study of […]
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by Mary Mwangi “Before joining Seed of Hope, I felt like I had to choose between caring for my child and building a future for us. I never imagined I could do both.” — Francesca, Seed of Hope graduate, young mother and entrepreneur, Kitui County Francesca’s words capture a reality shared by millions of women
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by Sam Gipson Every school can answer the question, “What do we do?” Far fewer can answer, with complete consistency, “Who are we?” At first glance, that may seem an unusual question for a school to ask that was fast approaching its fiftieth anniversary. Surely, after decades of history, tradition and generations of alumni, the
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by Sarah Ezdani 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 For the longest time, my WhatsApp status has been ‘The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are’. These are the words of Carl Jung who also talked about individuation, and the different seasons of life serving different purposes which has always resonated with me. He
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by Shanna Parry Every school I know can prove that its curriculum is inclusive. We can count the women in a history unit, name the minority figures in a literature anthology, and point to the week when the host country takes over the calendar. Those counts are better than they were ten years ago, and
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by John Devadoss Have you ever wondered what truly happens in an international school boarding house long after the day students have left, the perimeter gates are secured, and the evening security lights cast their steady glow across campus? The heart of the boarding school begins to beat. Beyond the dark classrooms and lit pathways,
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by Anthony Poullard 𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐜-𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 During this past school year, a colleague walked into my office with a morning mic-drop: “We need to learn how to de-implement things because there is a lot on our plates.” De-implement? I laughed first because it sounded like the kind of word schools invent when we are trying
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by Rob Stewart When I arrived in Wuxi, China, as a newly appointed executive principal, I thought I understood how to build relationships with government officials. After all, I had spent years navigating bureaucratic structures in Australia’s government school system. I invited the heads of police, immigration and the education bureau to my office for
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by Leanne Grundy From working in system level roles in the Middle East and China I’ve often observed that schools set up in collaboration with established international brands tend to presuppose a “plug and play” model – assuming that what works in one context will transfer seamlessly to another, without proper regard for the host
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by Harparsh Saxena For educational leaders, assessment data often arrives as numbers, averages, grade distributions and attainment profiles that rarely explain why students performed as they did. Examination scripts tell a different story. Written responses reveal patterns of thinking, recurring misconceptions and the intellectual habits students have developed over years of learning. Viewed collectively, they