Insight 01/04/2025

Transforming education systems: lessons from Global Dialogue 2025

By Dr Richard Churches, Tony McAleavy

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A global dialogue in education matters. The ability to learn from international experiences, adapt evidence-based policies, and co-develop solutions across borders is crucial in navigating the increasingly complex landscape of education reform.

EDT convened its latest Global Dialogue event in January 2025, bringing together policymakers, educators and partners to explore key educational challenges, discuss learnings and best practices, and identify scalable, contextually relevant strategies for reform.

We explored the current key challenges and opportunities at three critical stages of the education lifecycle: early childhood education, school-age learning, and making transitions from school to further education or employment. We also focused on three pivotal accelerators of education transformation: technology in education, workforce professionalism, and leadership in education.

This report captures the content from the six keynote sessions and provides summaries of the facilitated focus group discussions, highlighting the key themes and recommendations for policymakers that emerged throughout the day.

Find out more about Global Dialogue here.

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Transforming education systems: lessons from Global Dialogue 2025

EDT convened its third Global Dialogue event in January 2025, bringing together policymakers, educators and partners to explore key educational challenges, discuss learnings and best practices, and identify scalable, contextually relevant strategies for reform. This report captures the content from the six keynote sessions and provides summaries of the facilitated focus group discussions, highlighting the key themes and recommendations for policymakers that emerged throughout the day.

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