ABOUT ESCUELA21
We aim to improve the world school by school
Our mission is to help children everywhere in the world benefit from an innovative approach that provides personalised education for all.
Our values
We want to help shape a new model of education and learning for the 21st century.
Learning together
We accompany participants on a path of group learning and interactive processes.
Empowerment
We seek alternative ways to lead and empower the educational community to be the prime movers of their own transformation.
We provide open knowledge
We provide valuable open knowledge in a variety of formats deliverable to society, politicians, and educational institutions.
We believe in the benefits of networks
We build bridges by mapping and bringing together different agents. Fostering relationships, activities and projects that have a positive impact on the educational field.
How did Escuela21 start?
In 2013, Alfredo Hernando created the Escuela21 project, a laboratory of educational innovation that travels the world with the goal of identifying, communicating, and replicating the best international practices to be found at the leading innovative schools.
It is a journey that over the past few years has granted him a set of singular experiences with more than 100 teams of teachers from all the continents. From Montevideo to San Francisco, from Denmark to Sydney… He has set in motion networks, projects, publications, and comprehensive accompaniment programs at schools while sharing, discussing, building, and learning via networks and online.
His book, ‘Journey to a 21st Century Education’, with more than a million downloads, has become a key work to addressing the improvement of educational quality.
Our network of collaborators
We work with a large team of collaborators, trainers, and experts with proven experience in education, spread throughout Spain and Latin America, including:
Paloma Trullén, Carmen Iglesias, Josep Ramon Planas, Lara Crespo, Javier Bronchalo, Fran Quesada, Isidro Vidal, Loli García, Amelia Labrador, Alexandra de Santos, Mario M. Hernández, Mª Victoria Lumbreras, Jesús Barrientos, Lucía López, Ana Mª Martínez, Charo Fernández, Mar Sánchez, Paloma Moruno, Haybad López, José Alberto Ramírez, Siro López, Esther Subias, Carme Rovira, Miguel Costa, Nélida Zaitegi, Henar Rodríguez, Juan de Vicente Abad, Amparo Jiménez, Rosa Llorente or Alesandra Tajes.
Welcome to our head office in Vienna
With our head office based in Vienna, we also have coordination points in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Salamanca, and other Spanish cities.