Oceanos de innovacion

OCEANS OF

I NNOVATION
THE ATLANTIC, THE PACIFIC,
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND THE
FUTURE OF EDUCATION

ESSAY

Michael Barber,
Katelyn Donnelly and
Saad Rizvi
Foreword by
Lee Hsein Loong
August 2012
© IPPR 2012

Institute for Public Policy Research

OCEANS OF INNOVATION
The Atlantic, the Pacific, global leadership and the future of education
Michael Barber, Katelyn Donnelly andSaad Rizvi
August 2012

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sir Michael Barber is the chief education advisor at Pearson, leading Pearson’s worldwide programme
of research into education policy and the impact of its products and services on learner outcomes. He
also chairs the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, which aims to extend educational opportunity for the
children of low-income families in thedeveloping world.
Prior to Pearson, he was head of McKinsey’s global education practice. He previously served the UK
government as head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (2001–05) and as chief adviser to the secretary
of state for education on school standards (1997–2001). He is a visiting professor at the Higher School of
Economics in Moscow and author of numerous books including Instructionto Deliver: Fighting to Improve
Britain’s Public Services (2007) which was described by the Financial Times as ‘one of the best books
about British government for many years’.
Katelyn Donnelly is an executive director in the office of the chief education advisor at Pearson, where
she leads a global team to ensure delivery of some of Pearson’s most transformative endeavors and
experimentalventures. She is also a non-executive director and strategic advisor for several start-up
companies including Omega Schools Ltd in Ghana, Ghonsla Ltd in Pakistan and Hireducated in London.
Previously, Katelyn was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. She graduated with high distinction in
economics from Duke University, where she served as president of the student union.
Saad Rizvi is an executivedirector in the office of the chief education advisor at Pearson, where he leads
a global effort to measure and improve educational outcomes from the company’s suite of products
and services. Previously, Saad was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he led innovation and
transformation work for several Fortune 100 companies and advised education systems across Asia,
Europe, Africa andNorth America. He graduated with distinction from Yale University and currently
provides guidance to several start-ups in the education and technology fields.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to recognise the extensive research and insight provided by Rachel Eisenberg. We would
also like to put on record our gratitude to Dominic Barton, Tony Blair, Arne Duncan, Michael Fullan, Julia
Gillard,Charles Goldsmith, Peter Hill, Ben Jensen, Tanya Kreisky, Ted Mitchell, Nick Pearce and Martin
Wolf with whom we discussed the themes in this paper while we were preparing it.
In addition, working with IPPR and the Grattan Institute has been rewarding and productive.
We would also like to thank APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) and especially the Russian hosts
of the event. It was aninvitation to contribute to the 2012 APEC Summit in Vladivostok that prompted us
to write this paper.

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