Why Social Enterprises Can Lead the Way in Education Provision
As we embark on 15 years of daunting and extremely demanding targets we must, as a collective, accept that the way to make a telling change is to push ideological differences aside and accept that national governments won’t be able to fund and deliver these bold targets on their own. Fifteen years ago, when the Millennium Development […]
How Business Leaders Can Work With Social Entrepreneurs to Change Education
The most successful initiatives in education have not been cooked up in a corporate lab. The best innovative ideas come from the people who have truly lived education in school & classroom and came up with a creative solution to make a positive change in their daily workflow. Such innovation is born out of […]
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Innovate Education on a Shoestring
Dongguan, an industrial city in southern China, is probably the most labor-intensive area in the world. Each year, millions of migrant workers from inland provinces leave their hometown to become workers on the production line in factories of Dongguan. These migrant workers not only want to make money, they also want their children to become […]
Leading Change in Education: the Role of Social Enterprise
Education may often be thought of as the last and most stubborn bastion of bureaucracy and factory mentality in this fast-changing era. Many people have a mixed emotion about education. On one hand, they believe access to high-quality education is essential for their future; on the other hand, they are distrustful of the education they […]
What Role Can Social Entrepreneurs Play in Education?
Special Focus : Can Social Enterprise Lead Innovation in Education? the world has changed, and continues to change, at unparalleled speeds. Education and skills requirements for the future will have completely new dimensions, and global education systems will need to adapt quickly to equip the worlds’ young people for the new demands. It is time to […]
Scaling Quality Education for the World’s Poorest Children
This article is part of a special interview series featuring global innovators in education (part 2 of 5). Visit WISE ed.review regularly to read the upcoming articles. “One of the most gratifying elements of the organisation is that we have almost 6,000 staff members who are working together to provide children with the quality of education that […]
Implementing a Personalized Learning Environment
This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 6 of 6). Personalised Learning has been defined with different shades of meaning by different theoreticians and implemented by researchers for well over a century. Early examples include the work of Helen Parkhurst and the Dalton Plan, implemented in some US schools from 1914 onwards, which […]
Embracing Empathy in Our Schools
Empathy sometimes has trouble making friends. She roams the playground day by day but rarely receives more than a wave or a glance. The adjacent swing remains empty and no sneakers mirror hers when she skips around the field. Empathy is a little different. She changes appearance depending on who she plays with and she’s eager to […]
The Buffet of Learning: Design for Personalized Learning
This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 5 of 6). Other than the technological tools that are now easily available, what is exactly personal about personalized learning? I have heard about iterations of self-directed learning, differentiated learning, and individualized learning. These terms, overlapping at times, distinguish in time (for instance, having accelerated learning […]
Minerva’s Lessons for Latin America
Today, the discussion around innovation is a serious matter. At the heart of the debate lies the question of scale: how to spread what really works? Regarding higher education, the Minerva Schools at KGI is one that deserves some attention. Let’s take a closer look at its innovative approach, and how the big idea can be […]