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Commonwealth Education Trust

The Commonwealth Education Trust invests in teachers through teacher professional development courses, online workshops and teaching content to improve the lives of learners around the world. Learning poverty affects almost 250 million children around the world. It is estimated that up to 80% of children in low-income countries remain unable to read and understand a simple story by the age of ten. Through providing teachers with access to digital professional development materials and a community, we improve the learning outcomes of the children they teach. We do this through four pillars.



Associate Professor Gavin Brown

Associate Professor Gavin Brown

Director, Faculty of Education Quantitative Data Analysis and Research Unit
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Associate Professor Suseela Malakolunthu

Associate Professor Suseela Malakolunthu

Director of the Leadership for Learning and Research Network
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Associate Professor George Oduro

Associate Professor George Oduro

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Dr  Judy Halbert

Dr Judy Halbert

Co-director of the Centre for Innovative Educational Leadership
Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada
Dr Linda Kaser

Dr Linda Kaser

Co-director of the Centre for Innovative Educational Leadership
Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada
Dr  Peter Keegan

Dr Peter Keegan

Senior Lecturer, Te Puna Wānanga, Faculty of Education
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Fawaz Shareef

Dr Fawaz Shareef

Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation
Villa College, Male, Maldives
Professor Stephen Dinham

Professor Stephen Dinham

Chair of Teacher Education and Director of Learning and Teaching
University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Dennis Francis

Professor Dennis Francis

Dean of Education
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Professor John MacBeath

Professor John MacBeath

Professor Emeritus
University of Cambridge, UK