International Schools Blog

Schools are facing a teacher burnout crisis. Explore how professional coaching can alleviate the issue and improve efficiency, retention and educational standards.

Learn how Pearson International School Leader of the Year Stephen Priest has created a strong school community in Tbilisi.

Accessibility in schools is about making sure that every student gets quality education, no matter what their needs.

Here are five ways ChatGPT can facilitate engaging, effective classroom activities.

Educators have a heavy workload. Between administrative tasks, lesson planning, developing the curriculum, marking, feedback, communicating with parents and classroom time, teachers are balancing a lot of responsibilities.

Teacher retention can be a struggle for international schools. A study from a few years ago found that the average turnover rate at international schools in Near East South Asia was 17%.

The approach of the school holidays means that lots of teachers have the chance to pause, take a breath and reflect on the previous academic year. During term time, it can be hard to find a spare moment to keep up with the latest research. Yet at the same time, many teachers are keen to keep abreast of the latest pedagogical research and see how it could improve their teaching practice.

In recent years, many institutions have experienced cuts to the arts. In the UK this has meant reduced lesson time, staff and resources for creative pursuits. In the US there has been more of a push towards traditional STEM subjects. And a study in Turkey recently found a creativity gap between students’ in school and out-of-school activity.

After the challenges we’ve seen in education over the past year or so, we’ve been speaking to teachers and leading maths experts on how they see the changes to teaching and learning impacting on the future of primary maths.

There have been just a few(!) changes in teaching in the last twelve months. We’ve all been part of or have witnessed the move to online teaching. And linked to that, we’ve also seen a number advances in educational technology. At the same time, diversity and inclusion has been a big focus for schools, publishers and teachers – as has mindfulness in the classroom.