Meeting the Midcareer Moment
The headlines blare from newspapers and websites, echoing the “Help Wanted” signs posted on storefronts. For the workforce in many countries, it’s a historic moment. Bargaining power is shifting from employers to workers. Job openings are high, as are the numbers quitting current jobs to seek better ones. To attract talent, companies are paying more […]
Letting Our Children Write The Stories
We talk to Peter Nicholson, CEO of Baobabooks, an easy-to-use and intuitive edtech platform where children, teens and young adults can write, illustrate and publish their own books and then share them with the world. Baobabooks is part of the 2021-22 WISE Edtech Accelerator Cohort and has worked with more than 15,000+ students around the world at the […]
Rethinking Test-Centric Admissions
In 2020, Asia’s GDP is forecasted to take over the rest of the world, with the emerging markets of China, India, and Southeast Asia driving the majority of the growth. Yet in much of the emerging world, students don’t have enough access to high-quality education domestically. Also, talented candidates from emerging market countries don’t have access to […]