Alex F. Beard is an educator and author. Currently, he is a Senior Director at Teach For All.Beard began his career as a teacher in a London comprehensive. He then received his M.A. at the IOE and joined Teach For All, where he now heads the Global Learning Lab.Beard's writing has appeared in the Guardian, Financial Times and Wired. He wrote and presented a series on the future of education for BBC Radio 4 called "The Learning Revolution." His first book, "Natural Born Learners," was published in 2018.