Editorial: The leader must be the joker
According to Dean Lars Qvortrup, the leader can only identify the learning need of the organisation and exceed the organisation's knowledge horizon by standing outside the organisation.

The keys to succes in leadership
According to the experts you will meet in this issue, following key words describe a successful leader in the 21st century.

Vox pop: Can leadership be taught?

Schools are stuck in the past
Professor Johanna Wyn calls for educational leaders to take more responsibility of young people?s wellbeing and to rethink the school's efforts.

Q&A: Leadership gets too much attention
Leadership Expert Kenneth Leithwood explains why leadership is both overestimated and a key factor for a school's success.

The retirement boom can lead to better schools
OECD's Director for Education Barbara Ischinger on developing a new generation of school leaders - more inspired by Microsoft and Google than by the bureaucratic models of the twentieth century.

Q&A: Barbara Ischinger in why school leadership is key 
Why is school leadership such a big issue? Is school leadership in a bad state? OECD's Director for Education Barbara Ischinger answers thorough questions on school leadership.

Wanted: Leaders with confidence and street credibility

Two researchers at the Danish School of Education outline the new and softer management styles emerging in the classroom.

Learn management from the universities

University management has become an important alternative to the simplistic solutions found in airport literature. Interview with Sir David Watson on university management?s new and prominent status.

Lighting the torch

Singapore's Leaders in Education Programme challenges conventional understandings in the search for an adequate response to ever-increasing complexity. Associate Professor David Ngo on how to develop tomorrow's leaders in education.

Why the world needs moral leaders

The educational system plays a huge role in developing the moral leaders of tomorrow. The Quarterly takes a closer look at diversity in South Africa's schools, at the young generation in China, and at the making of moral leaders with both a global and local mindset.

Q&A: Moral leaders in the making
Dr. Joan Dassin and Dr. Fulvia Rosemberg explain how the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program has an impact on social justice and contributes to 'brain gain'.

The worlds first think-tank on education

The International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes is the world's first think-tank on education.