This publication is for anyone who influences how children experience education in our schools. It reaches out to school administrators, teachers, policymakers and activists who recognise the need to improve how we deliver education. It aims to inform and inspire those individuals who recognise schools as our places of hope, our investment in the future and our commitment to children today. In short, this publication speaks to everyone who has a stake in creating better schools. This publication is a discussion of ideas and not a how-to manual. It presents issues and interventions requiring urgent attention as we design the way forward. As an interested and influential stakeholder, your decisions could affect how our schools evolve in the coming years. Therefore, this publication presents perspectives and information that may inform your thoughts and choices. Our hope is that, as you read this publication, you will ask deeper questions about how we deliver education and how it could be different. By investing your influence, resources and imagination in realising some of the following ideas, you could profoundly impact the lives of numerous children—as well as the lives touched by the decisions these children will make when they become our future leaders.