CIS Perspectives Blog

International school families are making education decisions amid conflict, visa changes, rising costs, and uncertainty. This blog shares practical ways schools can create honest conversations, support flexible pathways, address financial concerns, and help students build resilience when plans change.

This article addresses the most frequently asked questions we receive from schools in our membership community about safer recruitment. As we receive so many questions on this topic, we are facilitating a deep-dive workshop on 3 November, with insights and guidance on international safer recruitment practices.

Learn how the CIS Educational Transitions Framework is helping schools and universities strengthen transitions-care, student well-being, belonging, safeguarding, and support for internationally mobile students moving between schools and cultures and onwards to higher education.

How can schools help students make confident choices after graduation? Stephanie Halliday shares how Garden International School Rayong created a “Team Around the Graduate”, bringing staff together to embed careers guidance across school life and support students’ well-being, belonging, and readiness for successful transitions beyond secondary education.

As schools begin a new academic year, safeguarding leaders have an important opportunity to review child protection systems, strengthen staff training, and prepare for emerging risks affecting students. We asked Dan Furness, CIS Head of Safeguarding & Well-being, what school leaders should prioritise now.

Emerging technologies are changing how schools and universities teach, learn, lead, safeguard, and build their communities. Leaders in educational institutions are being asked to make important decisions about artificial intelligence and other technologies—often without clear answers about the risks, opportunities, or long-term social impacts. We launched a global taskforce to help.

What does strong multilingual learning look like in international schools? Drawing on findings from 299 CIS International Accreditation reports, we highlight four patterns of effective practice: whole-school commitment, clear multilingual pathways, integrated language and subject learning, and meaningful support for home languages. Discover ideas to strengthen multilingual learning in your school.

What if the most effective professional learning already exists within your school? Discover how one CIS-accredited school used trust, relationships, and social network analysis to strengthen collaboration, unlock informal leadership, and transform professional development into meaningful, educator-led learning for all.

Key insights from our team's recent programme of engagements in India, including student voice, stronger school–university pathways, practical learning, and how India is helping shape the future of international education.

Understand the real drivers of student anxiety during the secondary-to-higher education admissions experience—and what schools can do about it. This article explores common thinking patterns, practical strategies, and simple ways educators and parents can help students build confidence, maintain balance, and navigate uncertainty with greater perspective.

How do we guide students when our language about success feels too narrow? Nick Alchin explores pressure, purpose, and education, inviting a broader, more honest conversation about what it means for young people to thrive.

Learn how to intentionally strengthen executive functioning skills through classroom routines and collaboration with guidance from CIS Affiliated Consultant April Remfrey.

Why building collective teacher efficacy on purpose is a leadership responsibility. Ben Marsh points to the research behind this claim and what it means in practice.

How can schools build socially responsible leadership without adding new initiatives or more meeting time? Each of these six conversation starters for your next staff meeting ends with one small action, making the work practical, measurable, and sustainable. You can use them immediately—no special training required.

Key takeaways and practical actions from the 2026 CIS Summit of University & School Leaders (Hong Kong). Schools and universities tackled shared challenges and opportunities in school-to-university transition, admissions, and assessment. Read key themes and practical ways to use the report.

Why present at the 2026 CIS Global Forum in Prague? We share seven reasons to submit a proposal by 7 May showing how presenting supports professional learning, builds school-university trust, and strengthens how we support students moving to higher education.

How can leaders make sense of uncertainty? We share how a simple risk register becomes a practical thinking tool—helping leadership teams surface assumptions, focus attention, and have stronger strategic conversations during change. Learn how we use a risk register as a practical thinking tool, not as a compliance exercise.

How can international schools design inclusive learning systems for every student? Lauren Jones shares ways to build inclusive cultures, understand diverse learners, remove barriers, and design learning ecosystems.

Ahead of our inaugural CIS Institute in India, keynote and cultural futurist, Dr Ulcca Joshi Hansen, reflects on identity, belonging and AI’s impact and provides a practical perspective for student‑focused teams working across international schools and universities worldwide.

As part of our commitment to supporting schools with risk and crisis management, we hosted focus groups with school leaders to reflect on and learn from their experiences with crisis situations.