<p>In this episode, I sit down with Dani Friedrich to explore how education policy moves across borders and transforms along the way. We examine how global reform agendas, often framed as technical solutions backed by evidence, are shaped by ideology, funding structures, and international institutions long before they reach classrooms. Dani explains how concepts like accountability, effectiveness, and standards gain authority in global conversations, and how those ideas are translated into national and local systems.</p><p>We discuss the idea of policy mobility and what happens when reforms designed in one political or cultural context are implemented in another. Dani emphasizes that education reform is never purely technical. It is embedded in power relations, economic interests, and political negotiation. What appears to be a neutral policy is often grounded in particular assumptions about development, governance, and the role of schooling in society.</p><p>What stood out most is the recognition that understanding education reform requires understanding power. If policies are shaped by global actors and political incentives, then meaningful change demands more than better data. It requires critical awareness of who defines problems, whose voices are included, and whose interests are served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><p><strong>00:00 – Introduction</strong></p><p><strong>02:05 – Entering Global Education Policy</strong></p><p><strong>06:40 – How International Reform Agendas Take Shape</strong></p><p><strong>12:15 – Policy as Ideology, Not Just Technique</strong></p><p><strong>18:30 – When Global Policy Travels Across Borders</strong></p><p><strong>25:10 – Accountability, Standards, and Measurement</strong></p><p><strong>31:45 – Funding Structures and Political Power</strong></p><p><strong>38:20 – What Happens When Policy Meets Local Context</strong></p><p><strong>44:05 – Whose Knowledge Counts in Reform?</strong></p><p><strong>49:30 – Rethinking Evidence and Implementation</strong></p><p><strong>54:10 – Imagining More Democratic Alternatives</strong></p><p><strong>56:15 – Closing Reflections</strong></p><p></p><p></p>