Changing education from the ground up Education is all about trust – trust in the teacher. According to Jemer Evers a true change in education can only happen by ‘flipping the system’ – giving teachers the power and responsibility to build it. After all, they are the ones that can have the real impact by…
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Passion for music education A violinist since the age of four, 15-year old Noa Wildschut is now a student at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. She says: ‘I believe I’m one of the happiest/luckiest kids in the world for being born in the NL.’ She has been given every opportunity to develop herself and her talents,…
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Crowdsourcing education creating room for the unusual suspects Chris is director at Kennisland. She talks about her journey in guiding people to start new schools. Innovation is at the heart of her story, and her life. Along with the city of Amsterdam, Kennisland facilitated the Amsterdam Education Challenge, aimed at finding and founding innovative school…
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Three children of the Children’s Press Bureau told the audience what they discovered their peers in Amsterdam want out of their education. Their ideas ranged from more nature and animals in and around the school, to access for underprivileged kids and more influence on the program. These three brave young ladies described all these wishes…
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Intergenerational learning The pace of life today can be overwhelming, focused on achieving a long list of things, but rarely pausing to ask ‘why’. That is how Jurriën Mentink felt about his life until he got the opportunity to move into the Humanitas Retirement Home in Deventer at the start of his university studies. He…
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