Caroline Smrstik Gentner

BOLD Writer

Caroline Smrstik Gentner is a US-educated, European-based writer. She holds a Masters in Communications and Journalism from Stanford University, and was a political and economic correspondent for the German wire service dpa and the Economist Intelligence Unit in central and eastern Europe. As a communications professional, she has worked in financial services and the pharmaceutical industry. She is a mother and passionate about educational policy and teaching kids to think.


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A teacher monitors children working on laptops.
Photo by Compare Fibre, unsplash.com, CC0
Image by THEmoments4U for Shutterstock
Photo by Pair Srinrat from Shutterstock.com
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Educreators Shapers of the Future, Photo: Marco Woldt
Nenad Stojkovic Flickr.com CC BY 2.0
Photo by Zlatko Đurić on Unsplash
Annie Spratt, Unsplash
cchana, flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
StockSnap, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0
Markus Spiske, Unsplash
Image: Marco Woldt
Credit: Saturday Kids Singapore
Soffie Hicks, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0
“n47e8” 360-degree learning and teaching space at the Bildungszentrum Limmattal, Credit: Marco Woldt
Digital Learning Lab at Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, Credit: Marco Woldt
Pexels, Pixabay.com, Pixabay License
fdecomite, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0
Daniel Friedman, flickr.com, CC BY-NC 2.0
Hugh_Grant, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0
Michael Button, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0
Image: Jacobs Foundation
Jacobs Foundation
Interview with James Urdang
Interview with Noreen Huni
Photo: Jacobs Foundation
Photo: Jacobs Foundation
Judy Stuart
Alex Beard
Alex Beard
asderknaster, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0
Paul Tough, The Lavin Agency
sandra_schoen, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0
Pasi Sahlberg, Photo Matt Luciuk
Marian Diamond, Luna Productions
Chris Ferguson lab
Copyright: Hertie School of Governance
David Fulmer, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

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