Editorial Introduction

Ro Parsons has had a wide-ranging career in education and has held senior leadership roles in the Ministry of Education and Education Review Office. Ro’s academic and research interests are focused on the field of evaluation. Ro’s publications relate to mathematics education, teacher professional learning and development, system change and improvement, and evaluation.

Joanna Higgins is an associate professor at the Faculty of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where she supervises masters and doctoral projects that focus on policy implementation, professional learning and development, leadership, and wellbeing initiatives in schools and universities. Her research from sociocultural perspectives includes instructional reform in mathematics education, professional inquiry of teachers and teacher educators, and analyses of wellbeing policy and practice.