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Glenn Savage

@glennsavage.bsky.social
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Professor of Education Futures at the University of Melbourne. Policy sociologist, researcher and critical pragmatist. I work with schools and systems to imagine, design and lead better futures.

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Pasi Sahlberg @pasisahlberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Our latest article "Equity in Practice" examines how school leaders in Australia and Scotland understand and operationalise equity within the constraints and opportunities of their policy contexts. Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ahargreaves.bsky.social @glennsavage.bsky.social
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Equity in practice: school leaders’ perspectives in Scotland and South Australia
Education systems worldwide position equity as a central policy objective, yet its advancement depends heavily on school-level interpretation and enactment. This article examines how school leaders...
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Since the Gonski report was released in 2011, a generation of young Australians has started kindergarten and finished Year 12 while we have failed to put in place the political arrangements needed to fully fund public schools in line with the national Schooling Resource Standard (SRS). #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
And, on this note, it was a privilege to contribute to a story on last night's episode of ABC’s 730 by Norman Hermant and help bring national attention to this critical challenge. #EduSkyAU iview.abc.net.au/video/SEGS20...
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7.30: The public schools still waiting for better funding
Victoria is known as the 'Education State', with a vision to 'deliver excellence in every classroom'.
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The final Q for tonight's chat... c'mon people, tell me what you really think and want!: Q6. What’s one bold policy change you’d make today to better prepare our schools for tomorrow? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The final Q for tonight's chat... c'mon people, tell me what you really think and want!: Q6. What’s one bold policy change you’d make today to better prepare our schools for tomorrow? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
And... now Q5, which takes us to the heart of context and the communities in which education happens: How might we work with students, families, and communities to co-design education futures? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Having just come from a week of intensive work with school leaders in South Australia, this next question is very present in my mind: Q4. What unique role do school leaders play in turning future-focused ideas into action? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I agree 100%%%%%%% #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I'm not sure how useful this is, but I put together this video recently on evidence use in education #EduSkyAU: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
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Glenn Savage on evidence use in education: EEBP Symposium
Associate Professor Glenn C. Savage (University of Melbourne) offers a 10 minute provocation on understandings and uses of evidence in education reform. Prepared for the Educative Evidence-Based Practice (EEBP) Symposium in Music Education: https://www.sydney.edu.au/music/our-research/music-education/educative-evidence-based-practice-in-music-education.html
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Ok, so I could stay on Q2 all night, but here's a third one that really is just as important: Q3. What role should evidence play in shaping education futures? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
And for me, there is a greater need to actually reframe the role of the state: rather than being the sole author of reform, governments can act as stewards and enablers—creating conditions that support local experimentation and shared learning. #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
And you've probably all heard me say this before, but we need to shift focus from ‘what works’ to ‘what might work here’: Innovation needs to be context-sensitive. The best ideas often emerge from within schools and systems that are trusted to take risks and experiment and reflect #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Alrighty... this second one very close to my heart: Q2. How can governments better promote innovation in education, without imposing it from above?
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I think this first question is really about future casting and backwards design. I find a lot of the work I do with school leaders when we apply these methods, it positions them to think differently about the future and their role in shaping it #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Yeah, and for me this is about being both "human-centred and purpose-driven". Start with the student needs, not the system needs. #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is something I think about a lot. For example, I've been thinking a bit about how we must consider what kind of future we are designing for. How do we take a wellbeing and ethical lens to that? #EduSkyAU
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hey folks! I'm looking forward to this chat. Let's get the ball rolling... Q1 today is: "If we start from today’s emerging realities, what kind of future schools must we design?" #EduSkyAU
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#EduSkyAU Team @eduskyauteam.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Welcome to #EduSkyAU chat. Our guest host tonight is @glennsavage.bsky.social, encouraging us to talk about designing future schools. TIPS 1) Click on the #EduSkyAU hashtag & select Latest 2) Use the hashtag in all posts & replies 3) Respond to Q1 by using A1 in your response
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Adriano Di Prato @adrianodiprato.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Not long now until tonight's @eduskyauteam.bsky.social #EduSkyAU chat with the amazing @glennsavage.bsky.social. Join from 5:30pm AWST | 7:30pm AEST
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Adriano Di Prato @adrianodiprato.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Looking forward to this #EduSkyAU chat with @glennsavage.bsky.social 😃
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Honoured to have a piece in The Saturday Paper with @pasisahlberg.bsky.social We offer three steps: 1. Prioritise faster funding for disadvantaged schools 2. Nourish collaboration over compliance 3. Tackle the root causes of disengagement and burnout www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
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The next three steps to help public schools
Australia has the resources, the talent and now a government with enough political capital to build better and fairer education systems, if we’re brave enough to act. With its landslide victory, the s...
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Adriano Di Prato @adrianodiprato.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Join Professor @glennsavage.bsky.social (UniMelb) for #EduSkyAU on Tue 27 May: Designing Future Schools From co-design to evidence, leadership & bold policy—what must we create for what comes next? 5:30pm AWST / 7:30pm AEST
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Pasi Sahlberg @pasisahlberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
On the last day of ICSEI 2025 in Melbourne we sat down with Will Brehm to reflect what we learned and heard. This is part of amazing FreshEd podcast. Listen this episodes and if you were in ICSEI 2025 attendees, add your takeaways. @glennsavage.bsky.social freshedpodcast.com/sahlberg-sav...
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Pasi Sahlberg & Glenn Savage • FreshEd
Pasi Sahlberg and Glenn Savage speak about redefining education, focused on purpose and possibility.
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Colleagues and I have just published a new paper on the complexities of parental engagement in schools, based on a survey of 883 Australian parents across all sectors. We reveal a significant disconnect between policies and the realities of parenting. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/bNv8Cvl0E5...
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The engaged parent: schooling and motherhood in the contemporary economy
This paper explores parental experiences of school engagement, set against the backdrop of policy aspirations for parental involvement in schools. We suggest that the policy desire for parent engag...
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Glenn Savage @glennsavage.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The ICSEI 2025 Conference has a stunning lineup of pre-conference masterclasses. I’m humbled to be on the program alongside legends like @ahargreaves.bsky.social, @pasisahlberg.bsky.social, and many more. My masterclass is on “Leading Change Through Strategic Design”. 2025.icsei.net/master-class...
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Master Class – Glenn C. Savage – ICSEI 2025
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Marcia McKenzie @marciamckenzie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🔥 Closing soon - register for the Critical Education Policy Summer School, 11-13 February, 2025. 25 spots for Australian and international PhD students, w focus on Indigenous, climate, and AI policy futures, see cepsummerschool.com, w @australianare.bsky.social, Ed Futures Studio, MECCE Project +
Poster for critical education policy summer school, details at cepsummerschool.com
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Pasi Sahlberg @pasisahlberg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Applications for the 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award now open. This is an annual award for a primary school for a practical idea that brings more play back to kids' lives. More here: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/schools/play...
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Play Award
Nominate your school! The Sydney Opera House Play Award is an annual award for a school, learning program, class or an individual student or teacher, who has made a remarkable and ongoing contribution...
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