Why This Book, Why Now?
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt We didn’t set out to write a book. At least, not at first. For decades, we worked alongside schools and teachers across different countries, cultures, and educational systems. Sometimes we were in the same places at the same time: leading workshops, facilitating professional learning, speaking at conferences. And when that happened, a familiar ritual emerged. At the end of a long, full day, we would find ourselves at a small table somewhere, often over dinner, debriefing. As our friendship and connection strengthened, it soon became a ritual that we both savoured. Alongside an eagerly anticipated re-connection with each other, those conversations became a kind of quiet through-line in our own thinking, learning and research. Each time we would talk about the teachers we had met that day. The questions they were asking. The tensions they were carrying. We compared notes: what felt part...
