Fernando Reimers
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Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation
Professor of International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
. He is also the Director of Global Education and of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
.
Reimers is a fellow of the International Academy of Education and member of the Council on Foreign Relations
, and Chair of the World Economic Forum
’s Global Agenda Council on Education. He is also a member of the Middle East and North Africa Advisory Group of the World Economic Forum and a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO
.
He is currently serving on the Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Colleges and Universities Project “General Education for a Global Century” focusing on some of the pressing issues related to global learning and undergraduate education. As co-chair of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, he leads an Education Think Tank which convenes global education leaders to discuss solutions to aligning education systems with the development of 21st century skills.
Reimers is best known for his theory of 'Informed Dialogue', an approach to bridge scientific research and education policy through the mapping and mobilization of social networks. He has also conducted extensive research on education in developing countries including Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan and most other countries in Latin America. His research focuses on the relationship between education policy and instructional improvement in high poverty schools, on education and democratic citizenship and on educational innovation and social entrepreneurship.
He is the Director and creator of the International Education Policy Program at Harvard. Prior to to joining the faculty at Harvard Reimers worked for the World Bank
, the Harvard Institute for International Development
and the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
Professor of International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Harvard Graduate School of Education is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D...
. He is also the Director of Global Education and of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Harvard Graduate School of Education is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D...
.
Reimers is a fellow of the International Academy of Education and member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
, and Chair of the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
’s Global Agenda Council on Education. He is also a member of the Middle East and North Africa Advisory Group of the World Economic Forum and a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
.
He is currently serving on the Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Colleges and Universities Project “General Education for a Global Century” focusing on some of the pressing issues related to global learning and undergraduate education. As co-chair of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, he leads an Education Think Tank which convenes global education leaders to discuss solutions to aligning education systems with the development of 21st century skills.
Reimers is best known for his theory of 'Informed Dialogue', an approach to bridge scientific research and education policy through the mapping and mobilization of social networks. He has also conducted extensive research on education in developing countries including Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan and most other countries in Latin America. His research focuses on the relationship between education policy and instructional improvement in high poverty schools, on education and democratic citizenship and on educational innovation and social entrepreneurship.
He is the Director and creator of the International Education Policy Program at Harvard. Prior to to joining the faculty at Harvard Reimers worked for the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, the Harvard Institute for International Development
Harvard Institute for International Development
The Harvard Institute for International Development was a think-tank dedicated to helping nations join the global economy, operating between 1974 and 2000...
and the Universidad Central de Venezuela.