Shrinking the Education Gap to Lift the Economy
This article is part of a series on innovative solutions to tackle the main challenges of Latin American education (part 7 of 7). While the world advances towards a knowledge-driven society, and thus a knowledge-driven economy, global value chains are becoming increasingly complex and the “internet of things“ and the sharing economy are blurring traditional forms of employment and […]
Should Basic Entrepreneurship Education Be Compulsory?
In a time when the value of higher education is being questioned due to a general increment in tuition costs, the infamous skills-gap, the flood of articles about successful college dropouts and the recent craze for startups, entrepreneurship is, without question, a hot topic. Why go to a four-year college when you can start your own business? But despite […]
Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship Education in Tunisia
Special Focus : Education for Peace and Development Entrepreneurship is not a hype nor is it a trend; it’s been around for thousands of years. But today, it’s definitely trendy to become an entrepreneur. While telling people that you’re an entrepreneur, lets people look at you with that special wide-eyed admiration, the path from your first entrepreneurial […]
Innovative Education: the Path to Modern Citizenship in the Arab World
It is a well known fact that the pivotal challenge in today’s Arab world is how to ensure an efficient education which will be able to provide students with varied technical and intellectual skills such as critical thinking, ability to synthesize, ICT competences, entrepreneurship and, at the same time, foster an innovative culture including modern […]
How Social Impact Investing Is Driving Change in Education
In Latin America, social impact investment—that is, the leveraging of private capital to meet public needs—holds great promise. And as the region’s economic situation continues to evolve, this approach is increasingly gaining momentum. In recent years, social programs have largely come from the public sector. Innovative government measures like conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have lifted […]
Social Enterprises Can Innovate, But Can They Scale?
Most leaders of education agree that if we hope to see universal access to high-quality education in our lifetimes, it will require some serious disruption to existing educational models. Innovation is needed throughout delivery, management and measurement, and it’s needed on a large scale. Most innovation starts with a departure from the tried and true. […]
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 […]
Innovative Solutions to Tackle the Main Challenges of Latin American Education
In this series of articles, Gabriel Sánchez Zinny explores some of the innovative solutions, as well as the major obstacles, that are redefining Latin American education. The School to Work Transition in Latin America Civil Society and the Skills Gap in Latin America How are Corporations Making a Difference in Providing Middle Skills? Three Ways Governments […]
Giving Fresh Grads a Chance for a Good Life
Imagine trying to find a job as a recent college graduate in the Middle East. Not only would you be looking for a job in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, in challenging economic times, you will also be competing with millions of other young people graduating from universities. At about 25%, the youth unemployment rate in […]
The Role of Cities: What Works in Scaling Up Innovations to Improve Education Outcomes?
The global education debate has rightly moved from questions of access to a focus on quality and the practical steps that can bring about improvement in learning outcomes. The new UN Sustainable Development Goals are all about quality. Improving learning outcomes is not an easy task. However recent development in several major cities give us […]