The pandemic highlighted the critical issues already present in our school for several years. However, this period of health emergency also represents an opportunity to redefine the role of the educational institution in social life and to ask ourselves what the future prospects of the education system are. Aim of the paper is to reflect on how the school can transform the current crisis into an opportunity for change, starting from the analysis of the initiative implemented by UNESCO (the Global Education Coalition) and focusing the perspectives to re-think the post-covid italian school, to ensure a quality education.