Constructing a Better World Using Compassion as a First Item in the Toolbox
We live in an increasingly globalized world. Many of our children are growing up exposed to greater diversity than ever before, through direct contact with people around them, as well as via the various media channels with which they interact daily. While many inner-city schools across the UK boast over 30 different languages spoken by […]
Local Learning Ecosystems: Emerging Models
Across the globe there is a growing consensus that education demands radical transformation if we want all citizens to become future-ready in the face of a more digitally enabled, uncertain and fast changing world. Education has the potential to be the greatest enabler of preparing everyone, young and old, for the future, yet supporting learning […]
Promoting Social Media Wellness in a Digitally Disrupted World
Keeping kids socially, emotionally and physically safe online and in real life seems to be a daunting and relentless task. Over the past decade, just as one challenge is solved in our ever-changing digital world, two or three others tend to pop up. In my two decades of work with students on executive functioning skills […]
An International Movement Calls for Greater Investment in School Leaders
This article was originally published on NYC Leadership Academy. While schools in Nairobi face different challenges from schools in Hong Kong or India or the U.S., there is increasing agreement across contexts that to transform schools, you need great school leaders. An international movement is growing to increase and improve school leadership by calling for more […]
How We Can Use Brain Science to Inform Educational Innovation
First: Understand how relationships matter (This essay is adapted from The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD): How Emotions and Social Relationships Drive Learning. By Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Linda Darling-Hammond and Christina Krone. Published by the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development.) Throughout life, and to an extraordinary […]
The Power of Comics to Build Resilience
Did you know that Superman, one of the most iconic heroes, is a refugee? His parents sent him to Earth as a baby when his home planet Krypton was destroyed. He was raised up by a kind couple living on a farm in Kansas. The acclaimed graphic novel, Persepolis, discusses the challenges of leaving your […]
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning in Language Learning
As language learning makes a sea change to online, users will come to expect personalized learning experiences. China’s AI-powered online education market alone reached $568 million in 2017 and is expected to surpass $26 billion in 2022. At Sana Labs, we build AI technologies to power these learning experiences through easy to integrate APIs. This means that […]
A Framework for Bridging the Education Divide in India
The advancements in technology have been instrumental in revolutionizing education across the world, raising literacy rates, lifting millions out of poverty and providing them with better job opportunities. While transformational this phenomenon has largely benefitted the developed economies with advanced infrastructure. The majority of the developing and under-developed countries with large rural populations lack robust […]
Providing Access to Early Education in Rural China
The One Village One Preschool Program by the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) provides quality preschool services for rural and impoverished children. Six year old You Haoyu is a child in Muwa Village, of Dayin Town, in Guizhou province. Both of his parents are working in urban areas, leaving him behind to stay with his […]
WISE-JobTeaser Survey: “Preparing the New Generation for the Future of Work” World of Work February 21, 2019
On the occasion of WISE@Paris taking place on February 20-21, 2019, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) and its partner JobTeaser, the European leader in career guidance and the recruitment of young talent, have asked Ipsos to conduct an extensive survey that dives into the prospects of the European youth, employers and educators regarding […]