Beyond Innovation | TIE Newsletter 15 July 2026 | The International Educator (TIE Online)

15 July 2026

Stop Calling It Innovation Just Because Your Students Have iPads

By Liam Murphy

Stop asking what shiny new devices to buy next term. Instead, rethink learning environments to foster curiosity, critical inquiry, and student autonomy... more

Earning It in Reverse: Why Gifted Education Needs Moral Ambition

By Seth Jaeger

Gifted education must pair talent with moral purpose, helping globally advantaged students use their abilities for compassion, justice, and long-term good... more

Starting the School Year With a Clearer Pedagogical Approach to AI

By Samuel J. Richards

Generative AI is transforming schools, prompting ISK to develop a new policy, tools, and pedagogical framework for 2026–27 through research, stakeholder input, and collaborative design... more

From Classroom to Conference Room: Students Visit the UN

By Anna Azarova

BISU students step inside the United Nations in Kyiv to explore how economies recover during war, connecting classroom learning with real-world diplomacy… more

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Make Yourself Available

By Marcela Andrea Diaz Revueltas

In this Pearl, Marcela shares how leadership is built through everyday moments of connection rather than grand gestures... more

How Are Universities Verifying Applicants in the Age of Chat GPT?

By Lydia Suslova

Universities are no longer just reading applications, they’re learning to read for AI. Authenticity is becoming the new admissions filter in 2026... more

What Is Instructional Coaching in Schools?

By John Simpson

Effective coaching cultures normalize coaching as ongoing professional learning, assuming teachers, like students, are lifelong learners rather than needing intervention... more

We've Been Getting Teacher Wellbeing Wrong

Dr. Desiree Brown-Quilty

Schools can't sustain teacher wellbeing with one-off initiatives. The CARE framework helps schools build sustainable teacher wellbeing through everyday leadership practices... more

The Belonging Trifecta

By Leah Montano

A student can excel academically yet still feel unseen. True multilingual belonging requires more than strong grades... more

Rethinking What We Illuminate in Student Reporting

By Jack George and Matthew Savage

Aiglon College explores holistic student reporting and competency-based assessment, rethinking how schools capture complex learning, identity, and growth narratives... more

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS PODCAST

The Future of the IB Diploma

By John Mikton and Dan Taylor

This episode explores the International Baccalaureate (IB) from digital assessment to systems transformation, what's changing, and why it matters... more

The Flowers Outside the Bouquet

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty

In today’s world full of conflict and war, it seems an estimated 13 million children are out of school in conflict-affected areas, this is as per UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report. Additionally, conflict, the climate emergency, and the hunger crisis have pushed education systems to the brink. Combined, this means that 224 million school-aged children now have their education severely disrupted by crises… more

Global Book Recommendations

By Margriet Ruurs

Fake news, war, food production… they are all current topics in the adult world. These brand new books give a child information on these current issues… more

Blue Skies Leadership Podcast – Episode #24

By Daniel Kerr

Did you know that over 80% of international school headships end prematurely? Leadership instability isn’t rare, it’s a systemic epidemic across our sector. In this episode, hosts Dan Mendes and I sit down with Kevin Baker, Director of the American International School of Guangzhou , to discuss his groundbreaking research-backed white paper on leadership transitions… more