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This month, Dr. Rita Ke Ren asks what highly effective schools have in common when it comes to best practice for inclusion,
Joanna Povall looks at the crucial importance of local community relationships for international schools and Matt Topliss reports from Kyoto about how a global initiative strengthened his school’s ties with their local community.
Danny Mayson-Kinder reports from Australia about how a tragedy led to a national initiative, which is having a major impact on student wellbeing and Mark Beverley describes how action research at Sevenoaks School is helping to define the use of Smartphones in order to improve the quality of school life.
Barbara Stoecker continues her series looking at how high-impact EAL pedagogy can be applied across the curriculum, Hamza Yassine wonders if schools are making the most of their powerful Management Information Systems and in the light of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela, Adam McRoy reflects on his experience of the 2008Â earhquake in Sichuan.
Finally, Paul Cabrelli and Andy Homden think through how partnered international schools of the future might develop.
EDITORIAL: AUGUST 2026
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY If you have been lucky enough to be on the founding team of an international school you will
LEADING FOR BELONGING
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND INCLUSION Dr Rita Ke Ren from the Institution of Child Education and Psychology Europe (ICEP) considers the questions that
A KINDER WORLD
FROM AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TO A GLOBAL MOVEMENT Danny Mayson-Kinder reflects on the work of the b kinder foundation in Australia and its
FROM KYOTO TO THE WORLD
THE CHANGING FACE OF CLIMATE EDUCATION An international climate symposium opens new pathways for students at Kyoto International School. Principal Matt Topliss
MISSING THE POINT?
IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Hamza Yassine looks at how schools may be under-using their MIS and what they can do about
GLOSSARY BUILDING
GOOD FOR EAL, GOOD FOR ALL In the third article about using EAL teaching techniques in other subject areas, Barbara Stoecker looks
A BRICK IN THE WALL
ADDRESSING THE SMARTPHONE PROBLEM Mark Beverley, Director of the Institute of Teaching and Learning at Sevenoaks School discusses the development of a
SICHUAN, 2008
WHY WE REMEMBER Adam McRoy recalls his experience of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan and why it is always remembered in China
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS, LOCAL CULTURE
LEADING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES For Joanna Povall, successful international school leadership requires consistency, care and kindness to blend local and international cultures. Global
PARTNER SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE
How will partnered schools change in the next ten years? As well as asking where new markets for international schools are likely to emerge
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FEATURE IMAGE: by  Quang Nguyen Vinh on Unsplash (Salt field Hon Khoi in Nha Trang, Vietnam)
