Fernando Reimers

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Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of Global Education and of International Education Policy at Harvard University.

A fellow of the International Academy of Education and member of the Council of Foreign Relations and of the Advisory Board of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences, Reimers is best known for his theory of 'Informed Dialogue', an approach to bridge scientific research and education policy through the mapping and mobilization of social networks. He has also conducted extensive research on education in developing countries, on the relationship between education policy and instructional improvement in high poverty schools and on education and democratic citizenship. He is the Director and creator of the International Education Policy Program at Harvard.