Yin Cheong Cheng (EdD, Harvard) is emeritus professor of education and senior research fellow of The Education University of Hong Kong. He was president of the World Educational Research Association and the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association. His research interest includes education reforms, leadership development, paradigm shift, and school management. Some of his publications have been translated into Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Spanish, Czech, Thai, and Persian languages. His latest publication is "Y.C. Cheng (2019). Paradigm shift in education: Towards the third wave of effectiveness, Routledge".