Trends

Four trends this year: We > Me (why education's obsession with the lone genius has to go), It Takes A Village, Stay Curious, and Leave The Ladder Down — on collective effort beating individual brilliance, in the classroom and in leadership.

Four shifts this year: Considered Disruption (tech beyond the shiny-new-toy obsession), Assessing Beyond Grades, Agency With Guardrails, and Redefining Purpose — swapping monoculture thinking for rainforest diversity.

Four themes this year: Holistic Education (ditching subject silos for "rainforest learning"), Culture & Strategy, Lifelong Learning, and Enabling Technology — supercharging humans in the AI age rather than out-competing them.

Four foundations this year: Assessment (rethinking the measures of success beyond high-stakes exams), Curriculum (breaking the ivory tower), Teaching & Learning (unleashing curiosity), and Technology (empowering education through innovation, including AI and blockchain credentials).