November 17, 2009

Qatar Stages a Global Education Summit With Flash and Dazzle

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Abdulla Al-Thani, vice president for education at the Qatar Foundation, which organized the World Innovation Summit for Education, says he wants feedback for next year's summit.

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Abdulla Al-Thani, vice president for education at the Qatar Foundation, which organized the World Innovation Summit for Education, says he wants feedback for next year's summit.

By Andrew Mills

Doha, Qatar

This week, this Persian Gulf country is staging the first World Innovation Summit for Education, a flashy conference that aims to become an annual fixture for the world's education elite.

The lofty idea behind the conference, known as WISE, is that this wealthy emirate will become the place where the world's most powerful and prominent educators will confront the planet's most pressing educational challenges.

But what the discussions taking place in the lavish meeting halls

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