Why Personalized Learning?
This article is part of a series on personalized learning (part 1 of 6). After his daughter’s birth, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced that they would donate 99% of their Facebook shares to charitable work, including the promotion of personalized learning. Of all the learning “revolutions” out there with shinier names, why […]
Without Quality Education, Latin America May Lose Its Demographic Dividend
This article is part of a series on innovative solutions to tackle the main challenges of Latin American education (part 5 of 6). Developed countries are facing a major demographic challenge. From Europe to Japan, their population growth rates are slowing, impacting everything from the solvency of retirement funds to the pace of economic expansion. Latin America, […]
Bolder Giving for Stronger Education Impact
Global business moguls from Ted Turner to Mark Zuckerberg have transformed our daily lives with their brainpower and acumen. But they refuse to confine their entrepreneurial energy to their businesses. Eager to make a lasting impact on people’s lives, they are combining their innovative thinking and the wealth it yields to combat global challenges. I […]
It’s Time To Let Teenagers Sleep The Way They Want—And Start School Later
Over the last few weeks, millions of children across the Northern Hemisphere have headed back to school for the beginning of a new school year. Sadly, for many of them, the beginning of the school year also marks the beginning of a prolonged period of cumulative sleep deprivation that will progressively affect their physical and […]
Afghanistan: Bringing Girls (Back) to School
It’s education, not guns that transform a society, says Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, an Afghan women-led NGO. On November 4, 2015, Dr. Yacoobi received the 2015 WISE Prize for Education during the 7th World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar. Fondly known as Afghanistan’s mother of […]
The Pioneer Way: Emotional Scaffolding
Gao Yue is an eighteen-year old from Yinchuan, an oasis town of two million in the northwest deserts of China. He has a large build, and a soft pensive face. He likes to wear black clothes, which contrasts with his pale skin. He can sit hunched in a dark corner somewhere for hours, but when […]
A Healthy Interest in Education
This article 4 of 4 in our special focus on education’s impact on development and why the new development goals must go further to ensure that all children have access to quality basic and secondary education. This special focus is co-produced by Global Partnership for Education. To many it may seem obvious that healthy children are […]
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi “An inspiring leader to create a new future for Afghanistan”
The Skoll Foundation joins the world in warmly congratulating Sakena Yacoobi, Founder and CEO of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), winner of the 2015 WISE Prize for Education We’ve been privileged to know Sakena since honoring her with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2006. Over the years, we have marked her extraordinary educational work in Afghanistan, primarily […]
On Conflict, Education and the Importance of Data
When you think about conflict and education, what comes to mind? If you are like most people reading this article, the answer is likely to be armed conflicts such as war, bombings and direct attacks on education institutions that destroy buildings or kill educators and students. The reality of conflict’s effect on education is more […]
WISE-Gallup Survey Key Findings
The survey’s key finding is that three in four WISE education experts are dissatisfied with education in their respective countries. The majority also believes their nation’s educational system has not improved in the past decade, and few give their system high marks (rating of “4” or “5” on five-point scale) on innovation. WISE experts believe […]