Rebecca Winthrop - Mentions and Appearances

The cost increase [of U.S. universities] is totally unsustainable. People are really getting into debt. But the more money that is available, the more institutions will charge.

There’s always a lot of creativity in how education is delivered. A school could be under a tree, could be inside someone’s home. It could be in a mosque or a church, it could be anywhere young people can gather safely with adults who can instruct them.

From the learning sciences literature we know that kids can learn small things, like addition and subtraction, on the way to big things — like creativity and collaboration. We're not doing poor kids any favors by the drill-and-kill method.

Just because there are a lot of innovations, that does not mean education will necessarily improve quickly.

Women and girls are essential to solving the problem of climate change – we are both its victim and its change agent – and education is the most powerful start.

The U.S. election showed that education needs to go beyond academic knowledge to deal with the disruptions wrought by automation, free trade and other economic shifts. It’s not just skills for work, but skills to develop strong citizens.

Escuela Nueva offers an ideal method for an ever-changing world. Its focus on student leadership, teamwork, and community could make it an educational model for the future.

"Kids need to be adaptable, work with others, and have a thirst for learning if they're going to be lifelong learners."

In life, people have many paths, but you want them to have agency to be able to act and fully develop what they want to do to the fullest. They need self-confidence, to be able to negotiate, form good relationships, be a constructive member of a community.

Education is due to be thought about globally. I think it’s a little harder in the U.S. because there’s a very established, entrenched system, but fresh thinking is useful.