Leeds Global Partners (“Leeds Global”) is a new enterprise that partners with governments and leading education institutions to raise the academic achievement of students around the world. The accomplished founders and leaders of Leeds Global draw on years of on-the-ground experience and research expertise to implement proven, workable, and research-based strategies and to develop new, cutting-edge innovations to expand educational opportunities for children and adults across cultures, nationalities, and languages. Leeds Global provides a full range of advisory and implementation services from early childhood through secondary and tertiary education.

The founders of Leeds Global bring decades of successful experience as educators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and leaders of schools, public school systems, public and private universities, and corporations. Areas of expertise include teacher and principal professional development, curriculum development, on-line and distance learning, new school creation, school systems design and reform, performance-driven oversight, regulation, and accountability, labor relations, and higher education governance, leadership, and administration.

Presently, Leeds Global is under contract with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (“ADEC”) to assist with the launch of a series of landmark reforms, called the “New School Model.” These reforms, introduced in September 2010, include the adoption of world-class standards, student-centered pedagogies and classroom environments, and a bi-literate approach in which students are taught in English and Arabic.