Schools+ has also benefited from feedback from a range of different contributors during the development of this work. These include Rosanne Zwart (Netherlands Initiative for Education Research - NRO), Jonathan Sharples (EPPI Centre - Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre), Tijana Breuer (Maastricht University), Moira Faul (NORRAG - Network for International policies and cooperation in education and training), Matthew Soldner (National Centre for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance), Yvonne Lijekvist (Karlstad University, Sweden & ULF Initiative), Toby Greany (University of Nottingham) and Chris Brown (University of Southampton).
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Annex B. List of contributors
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Copy link to Schools+ Network ParticipantsTable A B.1. Participants from OECD member and non-member countries
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Country |
Organisation |
Representative(s) |
Belgium (German-speaking community) |
Ministry of the German-speaking Community of Belgium |
Ruth De Sy, Head of Pedagogy |
Myriam Wolkener, Educational Officer |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
GO! scholengroep 20, Flanders Ministry of Education |
Isabelle Janssens, Director |
Colombia |
Institute for the Evaluation of Education (ICFES) |
Elizabeth Blandon Bermudez, General Director |
David Mauricio Ruiz Ayala, Officer (former) |
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Finland |
City of Helsinki, Education Division |
Marjo Kyllönen, Development Service Director |
France |
Direction générale de l'enseignement scolaire |
Cécile Pacchiana-Rossi, Director (former) |
Magali Villain-Lopes, Director* |
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Italy |
Ministry of Education |
Ing. Davide D’Amico, General Director for Digital Innovation Simplification and Statistic |
Rossana Latronico, Officer |
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Ezia Palmeri, Director of Digital Innovation in Education |
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Latvia |
Ministry of Education and Science |
Kristine Niedre-Lathere, Deputy State Secretary |
National Centre for Education of Latvia |
Liene Voronenko, Head of the National Centre for Education |
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Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Latvia to the OECD |
Laura Treimane, Counsellor for Education and Science |
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Lithuania |
Vilnius Education Improvement Centre "Edu Vilnius" |
Une Kaunaite, Director |
Permanent Delegation of Lithuania to the OECD |
Jurgita Petrauskiene, Counsellor for Education and Science |
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Luxembourg |
Institut de formation de l’éducation nationale |
Élise Aubert, Executive Assistant |
Christian Lamy, Director |
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Norway |
Oslo Municipal Education Authority |
Tore Haugen, Superintendent Marianne Skogvoll, Supervisor |
Norwegian Delegation to the OECD and UNESCO |
Bjørn Kjellemo, Education and Research Counsellor |
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Portugal |
Directorate-General for Education - Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation |
Elsa Belo, Representative of the Directorate-General for Education* |
Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation |
Luisa Ucha Silva, Assistant to the Minister for Education (former) |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
Education Scotland |
Ollie Bray, Strategic Director |
Dave Gregory, Strategic Director |
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Patricia Watson, Strategic Director (former) |
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Slovak Republic |
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport |
Mária Orlovská, Project Manager |
Peter Rašo, Advisor |
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Michal Rybar, Director for Digital Transformation |
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Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the OECD |
Peter Gottlieber, Third Secretary |
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Slovenia |
Ministry of Education |
Petra Bevek, Undersecretary, Digital Education Service |
Mateja Brejc, Secretary, Digital Education Service |
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Saša Ambrožic Deleja, Senior Advisor, Education Development and Quality Office |
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Polona Knific, Undersecretary, Education Development and Quality Office |
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National Education Institute Slovenia |
Stanka Preskar, Assistant Director |
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Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the OECD |
Ana Strnad Tomasi, Counsellor |
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Sweden |
Swedish Institute for Educational Research |
Alva Appelgren, Research/Project Manager |
Helena Bergmark, Director of Education |
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Jonna Wiblom, Director of Education |
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Switzerland |
Swiss Conference of Cantonal Public Education |
Bernard Wicht, Head of International Affairs |
Swiss Association of Headteachers |
Thomas Minder, President |
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ProEDU |
Monica Macary, Co-Director |
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Michael Kubli, Co-Director |
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Türkiye |
Ministry of Education |
Mehmet Fatih Döger, Section Director |
Seyma Nur Dündar, Expert |
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Ayse Mingir, National Education Expert |
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Mustafa Saygin, National Education Expert |
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European Union |
European Commission |
Ulrike Storost, Head of Sector, Online Education Platforms |
Bulgaria |
Ministry of Education |
Nayden Chivarov, Director, National STEM Centre |
Krassimira Todorova, Chief Expert, International Cooperation |
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Croatia |
Ministry of Science and Education |
Katarina Grgec, Head of Department |
Iva Ivankovic, State Secretary |
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Association of Secondary School Principals |
Suzana Hitrec, President |
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Association of Primary School Principals |
Antonija Mirosavljevic, Director |
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People's Republic of China |
China National Academy of Educational Sciences (CNAES) |
Li Yongzhi, President of CNAES |
Wang Ming, Vice President of CNAES |
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Ma Kai, Director of Department for General Affairs, CNAES |
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Deng Youchao, Executive Deputy Director of National Office of Education Sciences Planning, CNAES |
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Ma Xiaoqiang, Director of Institute of Education Statistics and Data Analysis, CNAES |
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Li Tie'an, Director of Institute of Basic Education, CNAES |
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Wang Jian, Director of Institute of Education Finance, CNAES |
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Xu Congcong, Deputy Director of Department for International Exchanges, CNAES |
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Romania |
Ministry of Education |
Bogdan Cristecu, Secretary of State |
International Relations and EU Affairs |
Camelia Mircea-Sturza, Advisor |
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South Africa |
Ministry of Education |
Boitumelo Butjie, Education Officer |
Neo Mothobi, Education Officer |
*Participant in the Schools+ Informal Advisory Group
Table A B.2. Participants from other organisations
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Organisation |
Representative(s) |
Aga Khan Foundation (Schools 2030) |
Andrew Cunningham, Global Co-Lead, Education |
Bronwen Magrath, Global Programme Manager |
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Council of British International Schools |
Colin Bell, Chief Executive Officer |
Janette Quinn, Director of Education and Professional Learning |
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Creative Schools Program |
Gabriela Breviglieri, Executive Director |
Digital Promise |
Camden Hanzlick-Burton, Associate Director of Onboarding |
Pati Ruiz, Senior Research Scientist |
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Heather Singmaster, Director of the Global Cities Education Network |
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D'Andre Weaver, Chief Digital Equity Officer |
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Tom Rooney, Superintendent, Lindsay Unified School District |
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Cinnamon Scheufele, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Lindsay Unified School District, United States |
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Education Endowment Foundation |
Jon Kay, Head of Evidence Synthesis |
Amy Faux, Senior International Manager |
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Lizzie Swaffield, National Delivery Manager |
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Education International |
John Bangs, Senior Consultant to the General Secretary |
Jennifer Ulrick, Policy, Research and Advocacy Coordinator* |
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Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation |
Cindy Johanson, Executive Director |
European School Heads Association |
Petra van Haren, Director* |
European Schoolnet |
Konstantinos Andronikidis, Education Policy Manager |
Eutopía |
Luciana Alonso, Director |
Global School Leaders |
Adhishree Parasnis, Communications Manager |
Animesh Priya, Director of Partnerships |
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Aniket Thukral, Senior Director, Programs |
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Tamara Philip, Director of Programs |
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Global Schools Forum |
Kavita Rajagopalan, Director |
HundrED |
Crystal Green, Research Director |
Heini Karppinen, Chief Operating Officer |
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Lasse Leponiemi, Executive Director |
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International Baccalaureate |
Nicole Bien, Head, Chief Schools Officer |
International Confederation of Principals |
Peter Kent, President* Sofia Hughes, Executive Secretary* |
Jacobs Foundation |
Samuel Kembou, Knowledge and Learning Manager* |
Romana Kropilova, Program Manager |
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Nora Marketos, Co-Lead, Learning Schools (former) |
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Keller Education |
Brad Keller, Chief Executive Officer |
Gavin Keller, Founder |
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LEGO Education |
Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Head of Educational Impact |
LEGO Foundation |
Patrícia Castanheira, Senior Research Specialist* |
Lena Venborg Pedersen, Initiative Lead, Systemic Impact (former) |
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Stuart McAlpine, Initiative Lead, Playful Learning Programme (former) |
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Magis Qualis |
Miguel Garcia Domingos, Principal Consultant |
Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (British Columbia, Canada) |
Judy Halbert, Co-Director |
Linda Kaser, Co-Director |
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Jordan Kleckner, Director of Instruction of Learning & Innovation, Central Okanagan Public School District |
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Jon Rever, Assistant Superintendant, Director of Instruction of Learning & Innovation, Central Okanagan Public School District |
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Jamie Robinson, Assistant Superintendant, Director of Instruction of Learning & Innovation, Central Okanagan Public School District |
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OBESSU |
Gilda Isernia, Projects and Research Officer |
Anna Sofia Dalhof Weinrich, Board Member |
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Osvitoria, Ukraine |
Anna Sydoruk, Chief Executive Officer |
Red de Escuelas Líderes — Fundación Minera Escondida, Fundación Educacional Arauco, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, Fundación Chile, El Mercurio |
Marcela Colombres, Director |
Pablo Casanova Ponce de León, Director of Projects |
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Results for Development (SALEX) |
Mark Roland, Program Director |
Laurel Schmitt, Senior Program Officer |
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Courtney Tolmie, Senior Fellow |
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SUMMA (Laboratory of Education Research and Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean) |
Javier Gonzalez, Director and Co-Founder* |
Karla Fernandini, Director of Strategic Development |
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T4 Education |
Vikas Pota, Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Marin Maurette, Head of Prizes |
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Teach for All |
Anna Molero, Chief Government Officer |
Vikas Plakkot, Director of Alumni Leadership Pathways |
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Transcend Education |
Dariana Castro, Partner |
UNESCO |
Valérie Dijoze-Gallet, Education Programme Specialist* |
Varkey Foundation |
Rebecca Warbrick, Head of Marketing |
VVOB |
Tom Vandenbosch, Global Director of Programmes |
World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education |
Davide Parmigiani, President |
*Participant in the Schools+ Informal Advisory Group
Experts
Copy link to ExpertsTable A B.3. List of members of the Informal Expert Group and the scoping reviewers
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Informal Expert Group |
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Jenni Ingram (Chair) |
University of Oxford |
Jill Adler |
University of the Witwatersrand |
Joseph Krajcik |
Michigan State University |
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Annelise Pesch |
Temple University |
Steven Puttick |
University of Oxford |
Robyn Gillies |
The University of Queensland |
Victoria Elliott |
University of Oxford |
Scoping Review |
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Cindy Ong |
University of Oxford |
Louise Vincent |
University of Oxford |
Table A B.4. List of experts contributing to the review of the evidence
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Academics and Other Experts |
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Amy Roth McDuffie |
Washington State University |
Anouschka van Leeuwen |
Utrecht University |
Arne Jakobsen |
University of Stavanger |
Christina Kundrak & Emily Gonzalez |
University of Southern California |
Christine Howe |
University of Cambridge |
Daniel Muijs |
Queen's University Belfast |
Hamish Chalmers |
University of Oxford |
Jennifer Fredericks |
Union College |
John Perry |
University of Nottingham |
Juliette Berg |
American Institutes for Research |
Kelly-Ann Allen |
Monash University |
Klaus Zierer |
Augsburg University |
Kristin Lesseig |
Washington State University |
Leonidas Kyriakides |
University of Cyprus |
Mark Greenberg |
Penn State University |
Mercy Kazima |
University of Malawi |
Neil Mercer |
University of Cambridge |
Penelope Watson |
University of Auckland |
Sibel Erduran |
University of Oxford |
Steve Higgins |
Durham University |
Knowledge Brokerage Organisations |
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Annika Wilmers |
DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany |
Christopher Harris |
West Ed, US |
Ellen Smith & Bronwen Magrath |
Schools2030 (Aga Khan) |
Jonathan Kay & Lizzie Swaffield |
Education Endowment Foundation, United Kingdom |
Lou Aisenberg |
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab |
Sonia Guerriero |
UNESCO |
Table A B.5. Academics and organisations contributing qualitative input during the review of practices
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Academics and other experts |
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Hamsa Venkatakrishnan |
Dublin City University |
Karin Brodie |
University of the Witwatersrand |
Joanna McIntyre |
University of Nottingham |
John Sweller |
University of New South Wales |
Michael Thomas |
Birkbeck University |
Susan Groundwater-Smith |
University of Sydney |
Contributor |
Organisations |
Elaine Munthe |
Knowledge Centre for Education |
Javier Gonzalez |
SUMMA (Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Education for Latin America and the Caribbean) |
Isabelle Janssens |
Leerpunt |
Tom Vandebosch |
VVOB |
Rebecca Warbrick |
Varkey Foundation |
Crystal Green |
HundrED |
Heini Karppinen |
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Lasse Leponiemi |
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Bo Stjerne Thomsen |
LEGO Education |
Patrícia Castanheira |
LEGO Foundation |
Hanne Jensen |
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Lena Venborg Pedersen |
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Nicole Bien |
International Baccalaureate |
Luciana Alonso |
Eutopía |
Miguel Garcia Domingos |
Magis Qualis |
Gilda Isernia |
OBESSU |
Anna Sofia Dalhof Weinrich |
Participating schools
Copy link to Participating schoolsTable A B.6. Schools nominated by government authorities (national or local) of OECD member and non-member countries
Copy link to Table A B.6. Schools nominated by government authorities (national or local) of OECD member and non-member countries
Country |
School name |
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Belgium (German-speaking community) |
Bischöfliche Schule |
Robert-Schuman-Institut |
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Belgium (Flanders) |
Basisschool GO! Hofkouter |
Finland |
Kalasatama elementary school |
Nordsjö lågstadieskola |
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Hiidenkivi Comprehensive School |
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France |
Lycée Paul Duez Cambrai |
Collège Simone de Beauvoir |
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Greece |
33rd Primary School |
3rd General Lyceum of Trikala 'Odysseas Elytis |
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1st High School Of Kalampaka |
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Italy |
Istituto Comprensivo Di Govone |
Istituto Comprensivo 3 di Modena |
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IC Calvino |
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Liceo Teresa Gullace Talotta |
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ISS ETTORE MAJORANA |
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ISI Sandro Pertini |
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Latvia |
Rigas 72.vidusskola |
Friendly Appeal Cesis State Gymnasium |
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Valmieras 5th Secondary School |
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Private Secondary school "Patnis" |
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Marupe State Gymnasium |
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Lithuania |
Vilnius Sostines gymnasium |
Vilniaus Volunges kindergarten-school |
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Vilnius Maironis progymnasium |
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Vilnius Barbora Radvilaite progymnasium |
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Luxembourg |
Lycée Michel Rodange Luxembourg |
Portugal |
Escola de Comércio de Lisboa - ECL |
Marinha Grande Poente School Cluster |
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Agrupamento de Escolas de Albergaria-a-Velha |
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Agrupamento de Escolas Gil Paes |
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Agrupamento de Escolas de Alcanena |
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Agrupamento de Escolas José Estêvão |
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Escola Secundária Quinta das Palmeiras - Covilhã Portugal |
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Agrupamento Escolas do Barreiro |
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Escola Portuguesa São Tomé e Príncipe |
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Slovak Republic |
Základná škola Námestovo, Komenského ul |
ZŠ s MŠ Gaštanová 56, Žilina |
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Súkromná základná škola BESST (Bilingual Englis/Slovak Primary and Secondary School BESST) |
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Základná škola s materskou školou, Školská 238, Zubrohlava |
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Zakladna škola s materskou školou |
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Slovenia |
Primary School Tišina |
Primary School Bistrica |
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School Centre Novo mesto |
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Primary School Dobje |
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Primary School Trnovo |
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Primary School Gornja Radgona |
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Türkiye |
Sisli Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi (SISLI BILSEM)- Sisli Science and Art Centre |
Mamak Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi/Mamak Science and Arts Centre |
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Yunuslar Ortaokulu |
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Özdemir Gurocak Primary School |
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Nermin Metin Akar Middle School |
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Antalya Kepez Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi |
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Küçükkizilhisar Secondary School |
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Scotland (United Kingdom) |
Woodburn Primary School |
Wallace Hall Academy |
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St Patrick's Primary |
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Moffat Academy |
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Lasswade High School |
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Calderglen High School |
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Carrick Academy |
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Allan's Primary School & Nursery |
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Muirkirk Primary School and ECC |
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Barony Campus |
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Bulgaria |
Hristo Smirnenski |
Croatia |
Elementary School Brodarica |
V. gimnazija Vladimir Nazor Split |
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Osnovna škola Manuš |
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Elementary school Trnsko |
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Ekonomska i upravna škola Osijek |
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Prva rijecka hrvatska gimnazija |
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People's Republic of China |
Shanghai Huangpu Luwan No.1 Central Primary School |
Chongqing Xiejiawan School |
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Hongxinghai International School |
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Shanghai Yan'an Middle School |
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Beijing Haidian Minzu Primary School |
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Beijing Navigation School |
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Chengdu Shishi Union Middle School |
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Nanyou Primary School |
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Chengdu No.7 middle school |
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National Institute of Education Sciences Liwan Experimental School |
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Romania |
Colegiul National Liviu Rebreanu Bistrica |
Liceul Teoretic German IDEES |
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Liceul Tehnologic "Carol I" Valea Doftanei |
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Secondary School No. 4 Elena Donici Cantacuzino |
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Colegiul National Iasi |
Table A B.7. Schools nominated by other organisations
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Nominating organisation |
School name and country |
Council of British International Schools |
St Christopher's School, Bahrain |
ma kindy School, Réunion Island |
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British International School of Tbilisi, Georgia |
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DSB International School, India |
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British School in Tokyo, Japan |
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British School of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
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Doha College, Qatar |
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Avenor College, Romania |
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British International School Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Digital Promise |
Kennedy Learning Community, United States |
Washington Learning Community, United States |
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Roosevelt Learning Community, United States |
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Lincoln Learning Community, United States |
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Education Endowment Foundation |
Huntington Research School, United Kingdom |
Greetland Academy, Great Heights Academy Trust, United Kingdom |
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Durrington High School, United Kingdom |
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The Blue School, United Kingdom |
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Lyons Hall Primary School, United Kingdom |
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Alexandra Park Primary School and Research School, United Kingdom |
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Eutopía |
Instituto San José de Villa del Parque, Argentina |
The Global School, Argentina |
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Instituto Mario Fabian Alsina, Argentina |
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St Ignatius´ College, Argentina |
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HundrED |
The Royal Academy, Bhutan |
International Baccalaureate |
Woodleigh, Australia |
Indus International School, India |
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Younited Givat Haviva International School, Israel |
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Western Academy of Beijing, People’s Republic of China |
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Colegio Internacional de Sevilla San Francisco de Paula, Spain |
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Wilmington Academy (Leigh Academies Trust), United Kingdom |
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International Academy, United States |
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Signature School, United States |
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International Confederation of Principals |
Bishop Galvin National School, Ireland |
School 360 (Big Education Trust) |
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Keller Education |
Paarl Boys' Primary School, South Africa |
Westville Girls High School, South Africa |
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LEGO Foundation |
International School of Billund, Denmark |
Skovvangskolen, Denmark |
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Læringshuset, Denmark |
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Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (British Columbia, Canada) |
George Elliot Secondary School, Canada |
Canyon Falls Middle School, Canada |
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Rose Valley Elementary School, Canada |
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Pearson Road Elementary School, Canada |
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James McKinney Elementary School, Canada |
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Mount Sentinel Secondary School, Canada |
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Winlaw Elementary School, Canada |
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Dixon Elementary, Canada |
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New Pedagogies for Deep Learning |
Hampden Meadows, United States |
Barrington Middle School, United States |
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Nayatt Elementary School, United States |
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Barrington High School, United States |
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Red de Escuelas Líderes — Fundación Minera Escondida, Fundación Educacional Arauco, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, Fundación Chile, El Mercurio |
Liceo Bicentenario de Excelencia Polivalente San Nicolás, Chile |
Colegio Saint Matthew, Chile |
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Roberto Rocca |
Roberta Rocca Technical School, Argentina |
Roberto Rocca Technical School, Mexico |
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T4 |
ISIS Europa, Italy |
Beaconhouse School Gulshan Campus, Pakistan |
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Dunoon Grammar School, Scotland (United Kingdom) |
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Trilema Zamora, Spain |
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Barham Primary School, United Kingdom |
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Cadoxton Primary, Wales (United Kingdom) |
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Eveline High School, Zimbabwe |
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Teach for All |
Michael Ham, Argentina |
Ecole Mixte les Amis du Développement de Madame-Cyr, Haïti |
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Capernaum Baptist School System, Liberia |
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Jana Uddhar Secondary School, Nepal |
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Namaste Academy, Nepal |
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Varkey Foundation |
Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal CNM School, India |